Hello! My name is Katharine and I'm conducting a knitting study for my Masters of Science at UBC.

The study takes 25 minutes and is conducted online, so you are welcome to take it at a time that is convenient for you. As compensation for participating in the study, you get to enter a raffle for one of five knitting prizes, valued between $30-$150 CAD.

The study is available at: www.knittingstudy.com.

All five prizes are made by Canadians and include two beautiful wool project bags, a worsted-weight yarn, a sock yarn set and a pair of knitting notions.

I am also giving away my first knitting pattern - the Pacific Crest Hat! The pattern is available at www.knittingstudy.com and can be downloaded for free as a token of my appreciation for checking out my study site.

The study is called StitchUp: Understanding and updating written knitwear patterns, and it looks at how knitters can use software to better understand their knitting patterns. It involves a survey and then working on two tasks in an online tool I created (25 minutes total).

I am conducting this study with Reid Holmes, the principal investigator.

If you are interested in participating, please go to: www.knittingstudy.com. If you have any questions or issues, please feel free to email me at kekerr@cs.ubc.ca

Thanks again and all the best,
Katharine

M.Sc. Candidate
University of British Columbia