I actually have two new patterns out, and have been so busy that I haven’t had a chance to post about them here yet. I’ve been feeling like I’ve been running around like a chicken with its head cut off. Here are the two patterns.

Gloriosa

This is the cardigan that I’ve been working on since late last summer. It’s eaten my lunch in so many ways. I can no longer even count the number of times I re-knit it during the design process. At one point it was seamed, and I’d worn in a few times, then I ripped it out and restarted it from scratch, including getting a different tech editor to help me with it. It took forever, but I learned a lot.

There are more pictures of Gloriosa on my pattern site. You can buy the pattern at Patternfish.

Doric

I’ve played with this gorgeous golden yellow sock yarn a number of times, and nothing clicked. Then I stumbled upon this stitch pattern, and it was magic. Less than two weeks later I have a pattern out, and both socks finished. The stitch reminds me of columns, so I named the pattern after the simplest of the old Greek and Roman columns.

There are more pictures of Doric on my pattern site. You can purchase the pattern at Patternfish.

That’s it for this pathetic excuse for a blog post. Now for breakfast, then I need to get my oil changed, run other errands, work on more patterns (I’ve started tinkering with another sweater design)…