Instead of knitting holes I’ve been twisting a lot of stitches lately. There’s this pair of socks that I designed for Posh Yarn in Wales. The pattern doesn’t have a name yet, but there’s a line of tulips flanked by other twisted stitch motifs. I enjoyed knitting the socks. The test knitters seem to be […]
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 […]
Kumasi
Huge thank yous to everyone who participated in this naming project, especially to those who suggested the names that we voted on. The clear winner, coming in with nine votes—four more than the closest competitor—is Kumasi, suggested by Carolyn (sadly blogless). Carolyn, I sent you email just a few minutes before posting this. If you […]
Okay, folks. Here’s your chance to vote for your favorite name for the secret project described last week, made with the dark brown yarn in leaf/heart patterns. You may vote for only one name. The suggestions below are in alphabetic order.
Name the secret project
Cocoa Bliss (19%, 5 Votes)
Dagobah (11%, 3 Votes)
Eldfjall Hjarta (7%, 2 […]
Watching the amaryllis change every day is awe inspiring. The bulb has been busy since yesterday. In the afternoon the flower buds started to move apart from each other. This morning they looked like this:
The flower buds themselves don’t look much different than yesterday. But the first leaves down below grew a bit.
The small strawberry […]
The amaryllis didn’t look that much different first thing this morning than it did yesterday morning.
It’s out a little farther, and the color is a bit more intense. It’s extremely clear at this point that there will be two blossoms at the top of the stalk.
The swatch knit in the round worked out […]
This morning it looked like this:
The edge of one petal is starting to unfurl. And just look at that color!
My Cecil Bruner roses have been putting on quite the show this year, too. I picked a few, put them in the tiny vase that Dad bought for me when I was a child, a special […]
Logo
I don’t know if you’ve noticed my attraction to blue lately: Capistrano, Hesperia, Denim Lace Tunic, Isola, and Basket Whip are five of the last six designs and they’re all blue. Maybe it has something to do with my mood. In my own defense, these projects weren’t all knit at the same time, quite a […]
When I first started swatching this shape last week from a stitch I found in an old German knitting book, I wondered what it would be called. Septagon came to mind, though it didn’t sound quite right. As it turns out, use of the term “septagon” is not recommended by Wolfram Mathworld:
A heptagon is a […]
The interview with Marly (Yarn Thing) yesterday afternoon went just fine, in spite of my nervousness. I didn’t drop the ball at all, left no gaping holes in the conversation, though there were a couple of short, panicky burst of laughter on my end. Eek. Mary Beth nicely stopped by the live site to lend […]