Poster Advertising the Wool Good Gathering I know there hasn't been much happening here on the blog, but that's because I have been...

Sometimes a knitting tale is a pattern designed to evoke or speak to a particular place, time, or object. Many of Ron Schweitzer’s...

Looking for the perfect baby sweater to knit? This pattern is it.

Happy #FairIsleFriday As I have worked over the last few months to get Ron Schweitzer’s patterns into the Ravelry database, my fingers...

All right, I know that mid-March is not the New Year, but it is feeling like that here at Knitting Tales. My 2022 did not go to plan....

I was planning to write about the addition of color to the Shetland 2000 palette this week but things got pushed around by a couple of...

If only this was my daily view. But since it's not the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival is how I get my sheepy fix each year. Last week...

A few years back, I heard the lovely Louise Scollay talk about working with wool in "Nature's Shades". I was intrigued. I had not given...

After a two year hiatus the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival is returning the first weekend of May. Thanks to the many, many volunteers...

I am beyond excited to be able to share with you the press release that formally announces the partnership between Knitting Tales and Ron...

Four pattern collections that is! I am so excited to announce that Ron Schweitzer's first four collections for Yarns International are...

Three people holding hands and walking by the shore.

A piece of knitting in shades of brown and grey hands on the side of climber in the sun.

In my non-knitting life, I work in education and currently a portion of my work involves looking at the systems of support for students...

I had hoped to get this post out earlier, but this week kicked me. So here we are. In my last post, I shared what is now known as Swatch...

Thank you to everyone who gave me feedback on Instagram on the chart. I ended up deciding to try and knit from the chart as written to...

One of the things I love about the Shetland 2000 story is the direct line that can be drawn to its current incarnation, Shetland Supreme....

My first color work knit many years ago was a Lopi sweater. You know the one, bulky, cozy, and oh so warm, even in the cold Massachusetts...

I recognize that the question of authenticity in knitting patterns is a complicated and potentially loaded questions. It is one that this...

The Chesapeake Collection (1999) was the second collection of patterns by Ron Schweitzer brought out by Yarns International. In keeping...