The art of smocking may hide in its own corner of the sewing world, but hidden corners are our comfort zone. So when our Trellis Wrap, with its smocked stitch pattern, borrows from sewing’s secrets we know we’re in our kind of corner! The trick is simple and is fully demystified in our Knit 1 Under Loose Strand Tutorial. A handful of...

Ainur Berkimbayeva is a form-follows-function kind of designer, a person who sees opportunity in knitting’s constraints, who tackles geometry with confidence and ingenuity, and who ekes beauty out of every stitch. These talents and more materialize in Ainur’s Thistle Yoke Pullover, designed especially for Purl Soho! A stunning ring...

Childhood friend or work buddy, sister or brother, pen pal or neighbor, no matter who gets the best friend title in your life, our Best Friend Hat seals the deal! A simple 1×1 rib makes a stretchy fabric that hugs the head, while two strands of wonderfully soft Line Weight make a pretty marle with lots of room to play! If it all looks...

The sun climbing over the horizon, birds alighting from their nests, and drops of dew clinging to the milkweed, it’s all in a morning! Our Dewdrops Wrap is a bright eyed and bushy tailed knit, carpeted in a field of pretty droplets. This classic lace pattern does the unusual by busting knitting out of its grid into a land of orbs. Probably...

Just a few blocks from our Soho shop, Thompson Street Studio creates textiles fueled by the playful, exploratory spirit of hand-making. We are thrilled they have brought that energy here with their Neighborhood Quilt, a stunning example of color and geometry coming together in a communal song! Inspired by the early 20th-century Bauhaus...

If you’ve ever knitted a garment, hat, mittens, or socks, chances are you’ve had issues with size and fit. After a big investment of time, money, and emotion, few things are more disheartening than coming to the end and finding your finished knit doesn’t look or feel the way you hoped and expected. Happily, you can avoid this too-common problem...