Kate Atherley Knits. A Lot. Mainly Socks.

Come visit me on my website! kateatherley.com If you're looking to get in touch with me, you can contact me at kate dot atherley at gm...

A few things on the calendar for the fall already! September 14-17: Make Wear Love fall retreat in Sebasco, Maine. I’ll be teaching a gar...

A new new new design: Omnishambles Brioche Scarf. An ideal second brioche project , it provides a gentle introduction to increasing and d...

January 25-27 - InTown Quilters, Decatur, Georgia   Introduction to Design  Continental Knitting  Best Methods/Expert Tips  Yarn Shopping B...

Next Thursday, May 19th, I'm doing the first of a two-part webseminar series on my favourite topic: Math for Knitters . This first one ...

I designed a  pair of socks for the summer issue of Knitty with Feel Good Silverspun sock yarn . This yarn was new to me, and I loved it. N...

April 9 & 10 I'm in Austin Texas, teaching a weekend's worth of classes for the guild there. I'm very excited about this, no...

In addition to regular slots at Yarns Untangled and The Purple Purl , these are my out of town gigs in the next little while. Saturday J...

Very happy to say that as part of my UK trip in February, I'm going to be making a few shop visits... The weekend of February 20 and...

New sock pattern in the Winter Knitty:  Sidekick boot socks. They’re a pretty standard toe-up sock to start, in a lovely fingering weight...

As I wrote in May, I worked with Donna Druchunas and her writing pattern June Hall, on their book "Lithuanian Knitting". My copy...

UPDATE: Kit available for purchase! I've been working on a book of mitten designs, and part of that process is spending hours combing ...

I gave a presentation at the Toronto Knitter's Guild last night, and I talked about (amongst other things!) sock heel. A woman came to...

If you’re a sock knitter, you like to buy sock yarn. But sometimes the “sock” yarn isn’t right for socks: sometimes the yardage is too short...

Being a knitter of a technical bent, I rather like a good short-row. Short rows are useful for turning corners, for shaping shawls, and fo...

The funny thing about this hat is that I really am NOT a fan of spiders. There was one on the bathroom floor the other morning and it very n...

UPDATE: We've shifted the start date to accommodate my travel and some other administrative things. Will now be starting October 14th....

Thursday August 13th was the official release date for my Custom Socks book. The response has been terrific already - I'm grateful for e...

So much sock stuff going on at the moment... it's all very exciting. If you're in Ontario, there are two launch events coming up y...

I know, I know: this probably reads like humble-bragging , but I promise it's not. It's amazement and gratitude and maybe a teeny-ti...

I spent a lovely time this week setting up the sock projects from the book on Ravelry. It was nice to be able to see them all again, and to ...

I've been a fan of Susan Crawford 's work for many years. After reading about it, I tracked down an early edition of her legendary f...

News is spreading of the first copies of my book arriving, to those who placed their preorders. (We're still officially in the pre-ord...