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December 27, 2014 Kristen Jancuk

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

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#tbt Soundside, one of 17 sweater patterns eligible for the upcoming Sweater-a-Long! Still swooning over this lovely @thefarmersdaughterfibers yarn—a single-ply fingering weight and a lace weight mohair held together. 😍
The SAL kicks off on August 5th, so you’ve got a couple weeks to grab your yarn and pick a pattern. I’ve put together a QuickStart guide categorizing all the eligible patterns by yarn weight, size range, gauge, construction and yoke style—find it in the SAL thread in my Ravelry group (link in bio).
You can also get 30% off all the eligible patterns through July 31! Use code SAL2019 at checkout.
#throwbackthursday #sweaterknitting #sweaterweather #mpdsweateralong #soundsidesweater #knitalong

This is the Diego cardigan, something I’m working on to be released for the MediaPeruana Designs Sweater-a-Long I announced yesterday. Yes, I am behind. As always. Now I’m experimenting with changing up the center cable columns below the waist—I don’t know what I think yet.
I wanted to take a minute to emphasize that the Sweater-a-Long is open to everyone—but as we’ve seen lately, it’s simply not enough to proclaim that everyone is welcome. We have to do the work to *make* our spaces welcoming—to ensure that fiber artists of all races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations and gender identifies actually feel comfortable within them. Whereas saying “all welcome” is passive, we need to be active—moderating comments, calling people out as needed, and removing people from our spaces if necessary.
So what I want to say with regard to the SAL is that not only are all knitters welcome, I will also do everything I can to ensure a safe KAL environment for all participants, here on IG and in my Ravelry group. And if I am failing in that—not just for the duration of the KAL, but in any of my public spaces, at any time, I hope you will let me know.
#mpdsweateralong #diegocardigan #sweaterknitting #sweaterweather

It may currently be 90 degrees but we all know it will be here before we know it—sweater weather! Is your sweater chest ready for another cool weather season?
Join me for the MediaPeruana Designs Sweater-a-Long and get a head start on that Rhinebeck sweater or round out your sweater wardrobe for autumn. The SAL kicks off on August 5, but I’ve got all the details up in the MediaPeruana Designs Ravelry group so you can start planning—just click the link in my bio for more info!
And to get you in the sweater mood, all the SAL eligible patterns are 30% off through the end of July—so hop over to the SAL thread to find the discount code.
(I’m also offering bonus prize entries for supporting the yarnies who have provided sweater yarn support to me throughout the years—tap the photo to see a few of them and find the complete list in the thread!)
#mpdsweateralong #sweaterknitting #sweaterweather #autumniscoming #knitalong

Every year for our annual family beach trip, I pick a new selfish project—something just for me, and NOT a design. And small enough that I might reasonably finish it during the trip, or shortly after. Simply following a pattern and doing no math—that’s the real vacation for a pattern designer!
We’re leaving for the beach later this month and I’ve already picked out this year’s project: Ripple Bralette by @jessssiemae—this is going to be adorable peeking out from under tops and tees and I already suspect I’m going to want more than one.
So now the question is, how on earth do I pick a color??
#toomuchyarn #selfishknitting #summerknits #ripplebralette #vacationknitting

This has been a trying week for the fiber arts community. Before I comment, I want to implore every white person who sees this to read this book: White Fragility. You will see yourself in its pages, our community in its examples and you will feel guilty, defensive, disbelieving and ashamed—which is all OK, as long as it ultimately pushes you to try to do better.
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I understand a member of our community believes he invented the hashtag #diversknitty, which seems well-intentioned (though a drop in the bucket compared to the labor of so many in this community to make it welcoming, inclusive and accessible). What came to light this week was his attempt to police the use of the hashtag—as well as who uses it and how they express their anger and frustration over racism and bigotry. As if anyone has ever stopped being racist because they were asked really nicely.
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When called out, he became defensive, as is often and lamentably our knee-jerk reaction in situations where things will ultimately end better if we spend more time trying to learn and less time trying to convince people how not racist/xenophobic/homophobic/bigoted we are.
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His husband jumped into the fray to support him and ultimately published a blog post defending him that is, frankly, a self-righteous piece of drivel dripping in privilege and misogyny, which features such totally-not-racist phrases as “BIPOC axe to grind” and refers to the women speaking out as “harpies” and “dementors”—an interesting turn from a person who just days ago was demanding love and compassion.
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A real sticking point, though, is that he ultimately absolves himself and his partner of any wrong doing because, as gay men, they’ve also faced discrimination—as if the lived experiences of one marginalized group are equal to those of another, or that being a member of one group precludes someone from discriminating against another.
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Which brings me back to my original point—read this book, and understand what privilege means. It doesn’t mean your life has been easy. It doesn’t mean you haven’t faced discrimination because you’re gay, or a woman or disabled. (Cont. in comments...)

Original swatch vs final stitch pattern used. Cables make me so happy.
#knitdesign #cableknitting #sweaterknitting #falliscoming #sweaterpattern

If you have not heard me fangirling over @fiber.for.the.people yarn (and the @woolneedleshands podcast!), that means you’re not watching Hilo & Stitch—shame on you! 😝 I released Episode 6 in June, so hop over to YouTube, Apple podcasts or your favorite podcatcher app and catch up!
I was super lucky to get my hands on this skein of Airglow last month—after suffering a few cartjacks—and even luckier to claim a spot in Tayler’s newest yarn club, Oxide! I haven’t done a yarn club since JJ was a baby (he’s SIX!) and I can’t wait for those happy shipments to start coming my way.
Now to decide what this gorgeous skein wants to be...
#yarnporn #yarnaddict #indiedyedyarn #selfishknitting #fiberforthepeopleyarn

After a few false starts my first saddle-shoulder design is well underway and turning out gorgeous, if I do say so myself. 😍😍
Go buy up some of @julie_asselin’s beautiful Nurtured yarn for this one, because it’s a DREAM to knit.
#knitdesign #sweaterknitting #sweaterdesign #falliscoming #MPDsweateralong

It was a long weekend but a busy one. Finally getting a little knitting time in.
#knitdesign #sweaterknitting #selfcaresunday #cableknitting

Making a little time to swatch for future designs today and all starry-eyed over this most subtle chevron.
#knitdesign #swatching #mohair

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