Learn how to pick up stitches with an easy video tutorial showing you how to pick up and knit stitches in a selvage edge.
heidi gustad
Welcome to the New Hands Occupied
Learn about the changes that have been going on behind the scenes at Hands Occupied, take a look at the new site, and celebrate the redesign with a knitting kit giveaway and a 40% pattern discount!
Picks of the Year!
Find out what posts made this year’s top ten list as we look back at a doozie of a year.
Winter Cable Knit Beanie
Knit an adorable cable knit beanie for winter with this free pattern that comes in adult and children’s sizes.
Trunk Show at Nina!
This Saturday is my first-ever trunk show, and it’s at Chicago’s own Nina! Any chance I get to hang out with knitters, surrounded in yarn, is pretty fantastic. I’ll be at Nina from 1 to 5 with samples of some of my favorite pattern designs, and we have some special goodies for attendees!
A New Crop of Tutorial Videos
At the beginning of this year I started hosting knitting video tutorials for AllFreeKnitting, and just last week I wrapped up hosting their first ever knit along, featuring the Spring Meadow Scarf. Now that the KAL is behind us, a new batch of tutorials are being released that you might be interested in.
Announcing the Hands Occupied Pattern Shop! (+ a giveaway!)
I’m very excited to announce that I’ve listed my first for-sale pattern on Ravelry, launching the Hands Occupied pattern shop. The inaugural pattern is for Turtle Mitts, a pair of hand warmers designed to fit close to the skin, but doesn’t lay so high on your hands that they affect dexterity.
