It’s no secret that I love A Verb for Keeping Warm‘s yarns, and I live close enough to A Verb for Keeping Warm’s brick and mortar store that I can go there on a semi-regular basis. This is dangerous and…
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Collection design and me
First things first – thank you to everyone who entered my raffle for earthquake relief in Japan, and congratulations to Natalie, Rosemary, Jenny, and Hanne, who won the prizes! I sent them off yesterday, and ladies, my apologies for the…
Into existence
All those long months back, I had this idea for a sweater that I drew on paper and submitted to Knitscene. They didn’t want it, which I’m ultimately happy with, because I got to take my time and keep getting…
Making my own sunshine
This is a weird grey summer here in usually sunny California. I like the fact that it’s not been hot, but it really hasn’t even been warm all that often. My summer garden is suffering – our usual bumper crop…
Wonderful
I came out of last week exhausted, but I am going into this week feeling happy and refreshed. My tenth wedding anniversary was on the 24th, and yesterday, my husband and I finally got our big anniversary date. (We did…
Finally seeing progress
So this isn’t the most flattering picture of me ever, but this is what Sunniva currently looks like. I love the edge, which has a hem bind off that looks nice and neat and tailored, and I love the color,…
On Designing a Lace Triangle II
Yesterday, I posted about designing a lace triangle using inserts. Today I’m going to talk about all over lace, such as the lace used in Arabella. Keep in mind that these are partial explanations, and that I will try to…
On Designing a Lace Triangle I
The first and only time I knit a lace triangle prior to designing Clothilde, I found myself really taken with the way the pattern sped along to a quick finish. (The pattern was the Diamonds and Pearls Shawl, from The…
Oh, God, I can see forever!
Look at that! It’s most of a sock! I am not getting cocky yet, because I’ve made single socks before, but hey, it’s most of a sock! The yarn is my Snowflake Sock in Cthulhu from Little Red Bicycle and…
Jum
Jum, jum, jum! Those were the keys that weren’t working on my keyboard: u, j, and m. Today, a new to me keyboard arrived in the mail! Hooray! I no longer have laryngitis of the keyboard, which is nice, as…
