Resources

– Always under construction as I find more helpful things –

I am not affiliated with any of these sites unless otherwise noted. These sites have helped me in my creative journey, so I hope you’ll take a look at them. If you have a helpful link to share, please send it to me via the contact page. 

  • Alessandrina – Machine knitting and more blog
  • The Answer Lady – husband and wife team with excellent machine maintenance videos on their YouTube channel
  • Carrico’s Creative Corner – Oklahoma Knitting Machine Dealer and Local Yarn Shop in the Country. Owned by my teacher and mentor, Pamela Carrico. Etsy shop with vintage books and custom knits. Facebook Page. Lessons available.
  • Country Knitting of Maine – News & Views Magazine, Brother machine accessories and supplies, yarn sales, legal downloads of old patterns.
  • DaisyKnits – Archived site with patterns, punch card designs, and Brother/KnitKing compatibility charts.
  • DFW Machine Knitting Guild – Dallas/Fort Worth metro area guild with monthly meetings and a yearly seminar in September. Wonderful people with lots of machine knitting knowledge to share. I am a member of this guild.
  • Diana Sullivan – Designer and seminar presenter who offers tutorials and patterns, free and paid, and also hosts online seminars. YouTube and Blog
  • KnitCraft – The DesignAKnit software site.
  • KnitItNOW – site with both free and paid subscription machine knitting lessons along with coned yarn for sale.
  • Knitty – Free Hand Knitting online magazine with a new crochet section.
  • KnitWords – Magazine by Mary Anne Oger. Patterns, helpful articles, and more. No longer publishing.
  • Machine Knitting Etc – Free Downloadable Manuals and Punch Cards.
  • Machine Knitting Monthly – UK-based magazine with patterns, articles, picture tutorials, and more.
  • ravelry.com – THE online knitting and crochet community with pattern and yarn database along with forums and pattern sales.
  • Roberta Rose Kelly – helpful YouTube video tutorials
  • TECHknitting – wonderful hand knitting site to learn about the hows and whys of knitting and ways to modify its fabric

Friends and Family

I like these people and hope you will, too. The following list includes shameless promotion of those near and dear to me along with some of my favorite places to buy yarny things.

  • 316 Dye Studio – Indie Dyer Jenny Brown’s Kansas yarn studio with wonderful color choices is always a fav booth to visit at fiber shows.
  • Carrico’s Creative Corner – Oklahoma Knitting Machine Dealer and Local Yarn Shop in the Country. Owned by my teacher, mentor, and friend, Pamela Carrico. Etsy shop with vintage books and custom knits. Facebook Page. Lessons available.
  • Gary Leon Mizer Wildlife Photography – Prints and advertising licenses from my brother, a wildlife biologist and talented wildlife photographer. He’s not too shabby with a camera, even if I am biased. Instagram
  • Perales Books – Fiction Author and one of my best friends, A.D. Perales takes you through her writing process and offers insights into what it’s like as a smaller author. I love her taste in stationery and pens, and reading her words of encouragement on writing soothes my soul. Find more of her projects at Royal Road like this lighthearted Villainess story and enjoy some fun and fluffy Otome Game reviews over at Cute’N’Steamy.
  • Pretty Cake Machine – If you’re looking for delicious, geeky desserts and authentic German sweets, you can’t go wrong with PrettyCakeMachine. Katharina shares her delicious creativity with us, and you can’t go wrong with her Oma’s Gooseberry Cake.