Pattern: Quenington, of my own devising.
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts, Silkie Socks That Rock, 1 full hank of In the Navy.
Needles: Size US 7 (4.5 mm).
Finished size: 11.5 x 68 inches (29 x 173 cm).
Skills: Knit and purl on same side of fabric, k2tog, ssk, yo.
Notes: This simple little scarf is worked […]
Pattern: Sevilla, of my own devising.
Yarn: Fibre-Isle Fine Yarns, Kami Bison, 2 hanks of Bleuice.
Needles: Size 4 (3.75 mm); crochet hook for provisional cast on.
Finished size: 27.5 x 69 inches (pattern written in two additional sizes: a scarf and a narrower, longer stole).
Skills: Lace knitting, provisional cast on, grafting.
Notes: This shawl starts […]
Pattern: Antigua, of my own devising.
Yarn: Skacel Merino Lace, in Dark Taupe.
Needles: Size 4 (3.75 mm).
Finished size: 82 x 41 (pattern written in 3 additional sizes, all smaller).
Skills: Lace knitting, beads or nupps (both optional), grafting.
Notes: The most difficult thing to do was to cast on and work the very first row, […]
I just got off the phone with my distributor. We talked a bit about delivering patterns in pdf format. I have some stuff to do behind the scenes, but in front of the scenes, where you are, pdf sales will continue after all. Woot! I know. I am so happy. The only caveat is that […]
Other than this brief introduction, I’m going to do my best to imitate a photo blog today. Click on the images to make them bigger.
Okay. Can’t resist. You get some description, anyway.
Row 1. The bird had flown full tilt into a sliding glass door. Knocked out cold from the impact. I’m happy to report […]
Dee at Posh Yarn received the Tilia patterns that I sent her before running off to TNNA. She’s kitted them up with 26 glorious colors of her luscious Diana yarn, and will be selling them starting at 8 pm UK time on Wednesday. The official preview will go up on her site tomorrow (Tuesday), but if […]
As far as lace shawls go, Midnight Garden is about as far as you can get from Domus Aurea. Well, about as far as I’ll probably go, anyway. Midnight Garden is a triangle instead of a rectangle; it’s knit with fingering weight yarn instead of a fine lace weight; when the knitting’s done there are […]
Done. Blocked. Photographed. Pattern released. All done. And I love it. I love it more now than I did when I was knitting it. I got bogged down in the middle (low threshold for boredom, very, very low), but once I got past that part there was no stopping me. Just look at it on […]
Quite a few of you suggested names for my new shawl. They’re all wonderful. In no particular order, here’s the list. Vote for your favorite one. I’ll leave the poll up through the weekend, so you’ve plenty of time. As usual, this isn’t a democracy—if I find that I like one more than the one […]
As promised, I have pictures of the finished, blocked shawl for you today. If you have an idea for what this one should be called, please be sure to leave me a comment before the end of the day. The person who comes up with the name I end up using will win a free […]