Truth. Goodness. Beauty. Yarn
Sweater knitters are many; but I’m not usually one of them. For one thing, sweaters are expensive—even something as budget-friendly as Wool of the Andes (which, in my view, is like the Costco rotisserie chicken of yarns) will add up when you need 10 balls of it. And then there’s the time commitment; design usually …
For designers, rejections are a part of life; simply punch “knit/ crochet design rejection” into your favorite search engine for a wealth of musings, cries, and groanings of varied length. They’re a nasty shock for a young designer and nobody finds them easy to deal with (anyone who says otherwise, as Westley would have it, …
The few people who have modeled designs for me know that it is an undertaking not for the faint of heart. I grab an innocent and unsuspecting victim, forcibly drape them in a shawl or festoon them with a hat, and then prod and turn and mutter and mumble and occasionally take a picture. (There’s …
Don’t ask me why, but right now I seem to think it’s a good idea to have a thousand balls of yarn hanging off my work at once. I tend to go through spurts—last winter it was lace projects; right now it’s colorwork of all kinds. Even though Facets has been published for several months, …
We’ve had weeks of drippy, rainy greyness here (including a flooded driveway); and even though, as you can see from the above image, yours truly has sneaked out for a few moments of nature photography, spring can’t come too soon as far as I’m concerned. In that vein, I thought it was high time to …
Besides being the title of one of my favorite Homer Price stories (read it if you get a chance), Mystery Yarn also describes my life at this moment. Design has cured me of my tendency to spill the beans when I have a big surprise in store—stronger than the revelatory urge is my sense of …
I know it’s Tuesday and not Wednesday, but this seemed like a extenuating circumstance. Last week we went on a quick tour of finished Facets Cowls; new projects have popped up almost daily since then. Each one is unique and inspiring, and I’ve seen every skill level from beginner (with Facets as their first-ever crochet …
If you go to my Ruth Nguyen designer page on Ravelry, you’ll see that the Facets Cowl is my most popular pattern. The design was published just over 3 months ago, and truth be told that was an accident (a happy one; that’s another story!). But that means that today I get to show off …
While as an opera student, I can’t help but resent the associations of the word diva a little, the simple fact is that opera singers, knitting/crochet designers, human beings, and like characters tend to live up to it pretty well. And chihuahuas. (If you’re viewing this in an email, click ‘view in browser’ and you’ll …
It’s been less than three months since the soft launch of WeCrochet, the much-anticipated sister company of KnitPicks, and the new brand is already creating its own image and its own niche in the market. While many features of WeCrochet and KnitPicks are shared (yarns, hooks, web format, etc.), WeCrochet has spun out several unique …