I’ve been a busy little designer this morning. I worked on four pending patterns, their write-ups and charts. It was a little confusing now and then when I forgot what I was doing. Eek. Got it all straightened out, though. Charts are in the hands of test knitters near and far. I even printed out […]
There’s a lot of fiddling that goes into designing knitwear, even something simple like mitts that are mostly stockinette. My Tenaya mitts are a case in point. My dear friend Denise (blogless, but here on Ravelry; mitt pictures are here) is helping out by test knitting this pattern for me. She’s had some questions, needed […]
I haven’t been posting much, but I’ve been knitting up a storm on the red shawl for Karen. I’ve knit 100 rows already. There are getting to be a bunch of stitches on each row. Bunches. There’ll be a ton more, though, before I’m through.
Sshhh. Don’t tell anyone. There’s a spot on the edge—both […]
I think that I’ve decided on all the stitches that will be in Karen’s shawl. I say that I think I have, because one never knows what will happen when I get going. Designs have been known to have a life of their own, and to change as I knit them without my really being […]
Back in February I bribed my good friend Karen into driving to Santa Clara—she lives about an hour from there—to visit me since I was in town for Stitches West. The bribe was knitwear. I offered her a sweater, but when she saw my shawls she wanted a couple of those instead. She bought the […]
The socks
I’ve loved knitting cables from the very start. A simple cable looks so complicated, but in reality is quite easy to knit. Complicated cables, when broken down, line by line, are still simple to knit. The best part is that they’re immensely satisfying.
Take this cable for instance. Looks terribly complex, but each section […]
With a colorway called Earnest, how can I not think of the delightful story The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde while I’m knitting up this yarn? I haven’t ever read this story—I must read it some day—but I’ve seen the movie a number of times. I love the version with Rupert Everett, Colin […]
It was way too hot over the weekend to knit much of anything, especially anything with any bulk at all. It was also too hot to think much. Certainly too hot to dig through stitch pattern books, chart, plan, swatch, and think.
Since I already had a very specific plan for the Tenaya mitts, I […]
I don’t want to think too hard on it, be too positive or certain, because I know if I do it’ll come back and bite me. But I think, I hope, that I have finally hit on a pattern stitch that works with the Figgy Pudding sock yarn.
The ribbing can pool all it wants. […]
Pattern: Merced, my own devising. Pattern to be released soon.
Yarn: Super Socks and Baby from Tess’ Designer Yarns, 1 hank.
Needles: Size 1 (2.25 mm), Crystal Palace bamboo DPNs, set of 5.
Gauge: 7½ stitches/inch
Elapsed time: May 30 to June 10, 2008.
Notes: This must be the fastest pair of socks I ever knit. But then, […]