Distitch review in Knitting magazine

By: Assia Brill October 17, 2021 Books, Distitch, KnittingDistitch, featured, reviewLeave a Comment

On 15 October 2019 my book Distitch was first launched. Coincidentally, this lovely review has just appeared in the very popular British magazine Knitting. I’m delighted that more and more knitting folk are getting to know about Distitch. More and more knitting designers are now including Distitch selvedges in their designs. If you’re considering using…

Virtual Knitting!

By: Assia Brill February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 Distitch, KnittingfeaturedLeave a Comment

Since the global pandemic a lot of activity is now happening online. Last year we participated in many origami video master classes, especially Dave. Now it is my turn: I was invited by Vogue Knitting magazine to teach on Virtual Knitting Live. I was not in time to tell you this news at my first…

Hi Socks Secrets

By: Assia Brill December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Knitting, my creations, socksfeatured2 Comments

Today I’m launching a new pattern on Ravelry. Hi Socks feature a completely new take on the subject of socks. Like many knitting designers, I couldn’t escape the impulse to design another type of sock heel. Most existing designs give an approximate shape of the foot. Stretchy socks take on the shape of the foot…

Award for Distitch book!

By: Assia Brill October 15, 2020October 17, 2020 awards, Distitch, Knittingfeatured4 Comments

A year ago exactly, on 15th October 2019, I published Distitch – a new knitting concept. For its first year celebration I had a wonderful gift. Recently The Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC) announced the winners of its UK Technical Communication Awards. The purpose of the UK Technical Communication Awards is to recognise…

Smooth Join in the round

By: Assia Brill October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 Knitting, my creations, Tutotialfeatured6 Comments

I am very happy to show you a new method of connecting the cast-on stitches for working in the round. We have all stumbled upon the problem of the jog when closing the round before starting to knit in a circle. We try different methods, pull the yarn ends and sew the edge stitches together…

Thank you!

By: Assia Brill September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 Distitch, KnittingfeaturedLeave a Comment

Do you like beautiful numbers? I do. I feel a magical joy every time I see identical number combinations such as 333, 777, 123, or the time of day 12:21, 22:22 or 15:15, dates like 12.12.2012 and so on. So you will understand that when the number of likes for my Distitch scarf was approaching…

New method for Russian Grafting

By: Assia Brill July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 Crochet, Distitch, Knitting, my creations, TutotialfeaturedLeave a Comment

There are few knitting terms defined as Russian: Russian bind-off, Russian join, Russian grafting. The last one is not widely familiar and used mainly to finish the borders on rectangular shawls. But this type of join deserves more attention. It is very decorative and surprisingly easy to execute. It can be used not only for…

New tutorials: Distitch crochet

By: Assia Brill May 1, 2020 Crochet, Distitch, TutotialfeaturedLeave a Comment

It is time to reveal more free tutorials from my Distitch book. This time it is the most basic technique for crocheting Distitch chains. Please see the full special article on my website. Happy crocheting!

Knitting

Knitting has been my biggest passion for more than 50 years. It is a pure magic to see how the long thread becomes a complicated fully fashioned garment. I’m fascinated with knitting structure: seemingly simple loops on the needle can be manipulated in so many ways, to create new fabrics. It’s not immediately obvious…

Origami

I read about origami courses given by Sergei Afonkin (St Petersburg) in a newspaper article in the early 90’s. I enrolled and studied with him by correspondence course for 5 years, receiving a teaching certificate, then an origami master diploma. I took to origami quickly and easily, maybe because of my engineering background and love…

Sewing

I’m not sewing much at the moment. However I still enjoy it and like to choose the most spectacular and interesting projects, like this amazing Bow-dress by Tomoko Nakamichi from her book “Pattern Magic”. I used the same blue-silver handwoven silk and lyocell lining to repeat this dress in miniature as well. Here are a…

Discover Distitch

By: Assia Brill September 10, 2019February 2, 2020

Distitch, Knitting, UncategorizedDistitch, Distitch book, featured, Knitting7 Comments

I’m very happy to introduce my new book about Distitch – a new principle of knitting. I invented it in 2012, and since then, I’ve been dreaming of sharing my discovery with you. In this richly illustrated book, you’ll find full instructions for Distitch knitting with texts, diagrams, photos and videos. Distitch is an innovative…