On February 11th, 2012, from 10 am to 4 pm, Diane Soucy will be teaching a workshop at Jimmy Beans wool in Reno. Students will learn basic top down sweater construction and how to customize one of the Knitting Pure & Simple top down sweater patterns, creating their own design. They may use any yarn … Continue reading
On March 3rd, 2012, Diane Soucy will be teaching a class at Auburn needleworks- from 10 to 4. Students in this workshop will learn how to do the different increases and decreases that make knitted lace by doing swatches of each lace pattern. Yarns for lace, keeping track of where you are, reading charts, creating … Continue reading
Got Your Goat Yarn Studio in Roseville, CA, is hosting a top down workshop by Diane Soucy from 10-4:00. In this workshop you’ll learn basic top down sweater construction and how to customize one of Diane’s Knitting Pure and Simple top down sweater patterns to create your own design. If you’ve always wanted to learn how to make … Continue reading
Got Your Goat Yarn Studio in Roseville, CA, is hosting a finishing workshop by Diane Soucy from 10-4:00. Nothing is sadder than a beautifully knitted sweater spoiled by messy finishing. This class covers all aspects of finishing, beginningwith selecting the correct yarn and needles, selectingthe correct size, to measuring gauge, weaving in ends, binding off, and sewing up. Includes … Continue reading
Please make note that Knitting Pure and Simple pattern pricing will be increasing to $7 per digital pdf download through Patternfish as of February 1st, 2012. Thank you again for your support!
We hope you will continue to support your local yarn shops and check there for the pattern you want before you download. Now knitters everywhere can knit the patterns! Here is the link to all of the patterns. www.patternfish.com/pub/knitting_pure_and_simple Also, the patterns will have a new look when you see them in your local yarn … Continue reading


