Published Work
My published knitting designs and articles bring together the things I enjoy most: color, texture, and finding clear ways to explain how knitting works.
Writing & Articles
Small Circles, Big Choices
PURL Magazine · Issue 2: Hands · Winter 2026
By Joy Friedman · pages 56–59
I compare eight needle options for knitting small circumferences in the round, looking at how each setup affects comfort, tension, and the rhythm of the knitting. The article covers traditional and flexible DPNs, magic loop, two circulars, traveling loop, and small circular needles.
Designs in Publications
Knitting designs by Joy Friedman, published in Cast On, the journal of The Knitting Guild Association, and BRIGHT Collective by Making Co.
Revis
Cast On · Winter 2026–2027 · November 2026
A stranded-colorwork cowl inspired by the tiled floors and entryways of pre-war New York City buildings. Knitted as a tube and grafted, it uses ladderback jacquard to manage long floats.
Counterpoint
Cast On · Summer 2026 · May 2026
A seamless pullover with a two-color slip-stitch yoke. Color and texture come together while only one color is worked per round.
Counterpoint Hat
Cast On · Summer 2026 · May 2026
Originally published as Contrapuntal
A brim-to-crown slip-stitch hat that introduces the motif used in the coordinating pullover. It can also serve as a wearable gauge swatch.
View Counterpoint Hat on Ravelry
Light and Lines
Cast On · Spring 2026 · February 2026
A pullover featuring Gothic Arches lace, with eyelets and decreases creating an architectural pattern. Worked flat in pieces and seamed.
View Light and Lines on Ravelry
Along These Lines
Cast On · Winter 2025–2026 · November 2025
A stranded-colorwork hat worked from brim to crown, with ladderback jacquard supporting the longer floats behind its geometric motif.
View Along These Lines on Ravelry
Triangles
Cast On · Spring 2025 · February 2025
A relaxed tunic with triangle-textured stitches, modified drop shoulders, and three-quarter sleeves. Subtle back waist shaping keeps the silhouette from feeling boxy.
Alstead
Cast On · Winter 2024–2025 · November 2024
A button-front vest with Four-Color Fancy slip-stitch texture, inset pockets, and ribbed edges. Worked flat from the bottom up in pieces.
Wavelet Hat
BRIGHT Collective · Vol. 1 · Making Co. · August 2022
Inspired by ripples on water, this hat combines mosaic colorwork with a Latvian braid. Worked from brim to crown in the round, the colorwork uses one color every two rounds.
 Revis · Cast On, Winter 2026–2027. Photo © TKGA. |  Counterpoint · Cast On, Summer 2026. Photo © Joy Friedman. |  Counterpoint Hat (originally Contrapuntal) · Cast On, Summer 2026. Photo © TKGA, 2026. |
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 Light and Lines · Cast On, Spring 2026. Photo © TKGA, 2026. |  Along These Lines · Cast On, Winter 2025–2026. Photo © TKGA, 2025. |  Triangles · Cast On, Spring 2025. Photo © TKGA, 2025. |
 Alstead · Cast On, Winter 2024–2025. Photo © TKGA, 2025. |  Wavelet Hat · Making Co., BRIGHT Collective Vol. 1, August 2022. Photo © Carrie Bostick Hoge. |