Last week I released the first shawl pattern since last year. I know! It was wonderful knitting a full shawl again, but kind of strange, too, since it’d been so long. The shawl is called Clematis, and is named for the gorgeous old Shetland stitch I based it on, which happens to be one of […]
About 2½ weeks ago I was hit by a malware attack. I have most of my computer world put back together at this point, but definitely not all of it. Don’t ever get bitten by one of those. It’s horrible. But if you do, make sure you’ve backed up everything to an external drive. It […]
Finally finished knitting this little tank that goes with the cardigan I finished last month out of Kollage Yarns‘ Milky Whey. The yarn is a 50/50 blend of milk and soy. I know. Boggles the mind. But it’s a nice soft yarn with awesome drape.
Anyway, the tech editing is done for the cardigan pattern, but […]
I have a variety of quick things for you…
I am excited to announce that Kathy Elkins of WEBS, America’s Yarn Store interviewed me yesterday for her podcast Ready, Set, Knit. The podcast should be available to listen to starting on Saturday morning, April 16.
A decision was finally made regarding which buttons to use on the […]
Have you heard of the Fresh Designs knitting book series that Cooperative Press is working on? Teaser photographs have been released, along with permission to share them in blogs. So without further ado, I introduce the mitts that I designed for the mittens book using The Sanguine Gryphon yarn (yum).
Photo © 2011 Fractured Photography. […]
One of my secret projects has been released. Lalique is a dainty little lace cardigan with period stitches and tons of beads that I designed for The Sanguine Gryphon’s Spring 2011 Collection.
I know that the picture with the cat doesn’t show much of the sweater, but I love it anyway. I have more pictures on […]
The flurry of massive cleaning that happened last week is a fading memory. Luckily, the house stays clean longer than the painful memories of getting that way remain. Most of them, anyway. It’s so nice to have a clean house again! Our wonderful company, the friends we did all that cleaning for (honestly, we should […]
I’m giving away a prize Knit Purl Gurl’s version of March Madness this year. Check it out.
P.S. Yup. This is the sum total of today’s blog post. This week has been insane. Totally insane. Next week will be a tiny bit better, but the following weekend? Not so much. I’ll blog when I can… […]
Well… Sort of. I’m blocking this sweater where the water bed used to be. But it died. A couple of weeks ago I woke up in the middle of the night in a puddle. It was warm, but it was still a puddle. And I was soaked. From mid torso to upper thighs I was […]
First a couple newsy bits
One of XRX’s long time employees is battling with ovarian cancer, and needs your help. Purchase of raffle tickets gets you entered in a drawing to receive a fabulous blanket, and proceeds go to help the fight.
Read Uncommon Threads’ interview with Kaffe Fassett, one of my long-time design heroes. Read about […]