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Baby Love pattern available now!

Baby Love pattern is available now!

Baby Love pattern is available now!

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Thanks so much for the tremendous amount of love! I wanted everyone to know that this hurtful hateful language is happening and it’s happening unprovoked and to people that you know and care about and they may not be saying so because it’s painful and they don’t want more directed their way.
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When I first dyed my neons they were actually for @dreareneeknits #fluoritesocks (which I have now started) but I got too excited about them and started this sweater. The whole time I knit this I was like - I am never going to wear this wild sweater. But now this garment has meaning. It’s my - don’t throw shade at me sweater because I’m going to blind you with my light and you are definitely going to need sunglasses 😎!
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Thanks everyone for being in my corner! It truly helps having people believe and support you. It makes all the difference in the world. It’s important we choose each other over money, followers, etc. Human connection is everything. Once you have that - the money and followers will come but they will be a byproduct of friendship.
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Have a great sunny week! Stay cool and knit something bright ☀️Lots of 💕 to you all!
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#swiftyarns #girlpower #womenhelpingwomen #womenempowerment #indieyarndyer #knitsweater #boylandknitworks #sunsethighwaysweater #sweaterknitting #knittingaddict #knitstagram #knitspiration #yarnlove #knitsharelove

Not going to lie - I love this pic. I think it actually looks like what I think I look like. Does that make sense? So often I take a pic of myself and I’m like - that’s what I look like?! Or I look stiff and forced. But I was able to capture it just right in my backyard with my phone in a tree in my sunny #sunsethighwaysweater. .
I can see the young college girl alive in this pic, still hoping, still dreaming, still happy and still smiling no matter what comes her way. I have had some stupid shit thrown my way these past couple of weeks. I’ve been told I was a loser and a nothing, told that my followers must be mindless to follow me and the list goes on - all the way to the stupid comment that my yarns are ugly to the serious comment that my models on my feed (who are my kids) are too white. Some people will sink to depths you cannot believe. And you know why I keep smiling? Because these people don’t matter!!! They are insignificant trying to make some significance in their small lives.
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And this is why we need to defend our BIPOC friends. Would you ever let anyone tease or hurt your friend in front of you? No, of course not. And it’s easy to defend your friend because these hurtful people DON’T MATTER.
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I want to make it clear that there have been more comments of love and support than hate. I am in the fiber industry because it warms my heart. I have been welcomed every step of the way and have made many friends. We have shared smiles and laughs together and some of you have even open your homes to me.
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My life is full of love and friendship and if you want to sling some hurt my way I am definitely going to be using a defensive spell on you and I’m going to have some serious back up! Because we have something worth fighting for - friendship.
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Defend and believe your friends everyone! If you need to knit or crochet or both to get your courage - do so. Put love and bravery in every stitch. Sometimes finding inner strength comes from something small - like a smile or a stitch.
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#swiftyarns #indieyarndyer #handknitsweater #handdyedyarn #girlpower #womenhelpingwomen #womenempowerment #bebrave #riseup #knittersofravelry

My summer #sunsethighwaysweater in all its glory in the morning light. Not my usual color scheme but so much fun to knit and wear. I think my favorite part are the sleeves. I used a size 1 needle for the cuff and they are such a good fit to pull the sleeves over your hands on a chilly day or pull up to your elbows on a warmer day. I hope everyone is enjoying this gorgeous summer by knitting something bright and cheerful for their #handmadewardrobe
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Thanks for the love everyone! It was the medicine I needed to get my knit on! I’m on the last section of my #verticesunite. Made a couple of color changes and I’m loving my autumnal version. One of the best shawl patterns ever!
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I have a full fall schedule and am busy dyeing yarn for my upcoming shows at @westportyarns @danceswithwoolrva and the big one @vogueknitlive NYC 2020. I will be taking some time off from traveling and shows next year to spend some time with the men in my life. Over 20 years ago my husband and I came to NYC with nothing, met, married and well, got busy (in more ways than one 😉) and we haven’t slowed down since. We are finally in a place that we could take a breather and I want to spend that moment with them. So if you want to get your hands on copious amounts of Swift before I slow production (I will still have the online shop and fill a few wholesale but overall things will be much quieter) join me at the shows and of course I would love to see you in my hometown of #nyc in January!
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From left to right: Swift Cozy DK in Wednesday + Wine Cup. Swift Tweed DK in La Mer. Swift Bliss Sock in Antique Sky.
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I’ve lost my knitting mojo. Recent discussions have been emotionally taxing and I needed to find humanity and joy. I love reading YA novels. YA authors have to take real world issues and morph them in a way that a younger generation can understand and relate as well as use in the society they live in. Harry Potter is a great adventure in growing up and teaches us that love and friendship are worth fighting for and are worth any sacrifice. And that the most ordinary of people with the power of love can defeat the most powerful. I’m currently reading the whole series with my kids and it’s such a wonderful experience. I urge everyone to open their minds and hearts and read a YA book for yourself or even better with your kids during the summer break.
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Order of the Phoenix has been my favorite thus far! Which book in the series is your favorite?
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My knitting life in recent days has only been receiving this beautiful project bag from @tienenmiep in which a very unfinished #verticesunite sits.
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I STAND WITH RAVELRY.

First I want to apologize.
I am not active in the group chats and forums on @hi.ravelry so I have been unaware of the rhetoric that has been happening. I am a typical mom with a very full day. I have about an hour and half before bed which I use to knit and for some quiet time. So until Ravelry made its announcement on Sunday, I really did not know what was truly happening. Of course, my eyes have been opened as the rhetoric from Ravelry has now spilled over to IG. And the truth is - I felt quite sick from it all. It’s been a long time since I have been faced with this level of intolerant language. I purposely moved from a place where racism hung in the air like a heavy humid sky that at any time was going to let loose all over you, to a place where I could just be me - no questions asked. And now that my eyes have been opened, out of all the incredulous things I’ve read what really bothered me was the use of the American flag (emoji and real) with the intolerant language. I found this incredibly offensive. Are we insinuating that your language is more American? Are you just more American than I am? Are we using the flag as a defensive shield to hide behind? Or is it a weapon against me to put me in my place? I am American. I identify as American. I’m so American that when I go to Europe I want to come home. If I were to go to South Korea, no one there would identify me as Korean. My language is American. I am tired of being perceived as not American. And when did intolerant language become American? That’s not my America.
I want to thank @kateo_sullivan @keinhelm4 and many others for speaking out and never quitting while many of us peacefully continued to live our lives.

I encourage everyone to take a ferry ride around lower Manhattan and see Lady Liberty. I had the opportunity this time last year with my closest friends and family and it was an incredibly moving experience. She has and always will be a beautiful beacon of hope and tolerance for everyone. Maybe I don’t need the flag.

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#thermiscowl on @hi.ravelry used Cozy DK in Wood Stove with a little Log Cabin trim. Look at that Log Cabin glow! ✨Hand dyed magic ✨
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So rainy and stormy here 🌧 definitely time for a dark and moody Brooklyn.
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