Well! It only took me AGES, but I finally have a little collection of accessory patterns available, just in time for autumn. I’ve talked a little about the philosophy behind this collection as I’ve worked on it, but I’m going…
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Jolie with Pointy Sticks
Posted in Clara, Collection, Cowls, Dorothy, ebook, eBooks, Edith, Hats, Ida, Jolie with Pointy Sticks, Knitting, Mitts, Myrna, Original Pattern, Pattern for sale, Rosa, Shawls
Dorothy
Yesterday I opened my mailbox to find the Knit Picks catalog with my Dorothy shawl on the cover! Dorothy is a shawl I designed specifically with Knit Picks yarns in mind. It’s a two color raglan with very simple patterning…
Tagged with: knit picks, sock yarn, summer accessory
Posted in Dorothy, Knitting, Pattern for sale, Shawls
Posted in Dorothy, Knitting, Pattern for sale, Shawls
Grand Lake
Grand Lake, the shawl I designed for A Verb for Keeping Warm’s ProVerbial Club, is now available to everyone! There’s a lovely new sample, knit by a very talented sample knitter, and a new size, and some suggestions for modifications.…
Treasures from Verb
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…
Arcadian Shawl
I’m very happy to be able to release the Arcadian Shawl! This has been one of my favorite projects to date, helped in no small part by the beautiful yarn from A Verb for Keeping Warm. Seriously, if you can…
Relief – win yarn and patterns
After the terrible earthquake hit Japan in March, relief efforts were almost instantaneous. The recovery process will be long and hard, though, and money will be needed continually for those relief efforts, long after the earthquake is gone from the…
Posted in Becoming Art, Clothilde, Contest, Japan, madelinetosh, Rocky Mountain Dyeworks, Scarves, Shawls, Understory, Yarn
The deep end of the crafting pool
Hannah Thiessen of Life on the Double Point used the above words to describe a post at Flint Knits and it struck me that this is the most perfect term to describe some of the brainy and witty crafting blogs…
Understory
This is one of the secret projects I’ve been diligently working on behind the scenes. As you may know, this year Malabrigo started a new program called the Malabrigo Freelance Pattern Project. Each month, an independent designer will release an…
Apologies, etc.
My vow of getting better at posting here has gotten off to a rocky start. On my birthday, which was two days ago, I decided it would be fun to give something back, so I set up a few different…
Posted in Arabella, Beetle Tracks, Clothilde, Kidswear, Original Pattern, Pattern for sale, Paulette, Rosa, Sale, Scarves, Shawls, Surtsey
Rosa
The Rosa pattern is now live! Hip hip hooray! Rosa is a small, elegant top down triangle shawlette with simple lace inserts, equally suitable for wear as a scarf or as an evening wrap. This is a gentle introduction to…
