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Last week I mentioned that I’m going through the process of creating my first garment design. There are several other announcements in that post (and pretty yarn pictures!); you can read that here. Surprisingly, I haven’t experienced any major disasters yet. Okay, a thing or two may need to be reworked. But overall, I think …
It’s been while since I posted a knitting update! Sadly I don’t have any knitting to share with you—yet. But I have been getting a ton of mail. Earlier this year I held a little poll in my Ravelry group asking if anyone would be interested in a mystery knitalong or crochetalong, and what kinds …
This should have been last week’s post; but life happened, so today I get to introduce you to my Overland shawl! Overland is published by Quince & Co. This design should have come out almost 2 months ago, but ran late due to supply/shipping hiccups with their linen yarns. In the meantime, it’s been really, …
This is big—really, really big: I got to design the SweetGeorgia Yarns Mystery Knit-Along! SweetGeorgia has been holding an annual summer mystery knit-along for the past several years; this year they’ve assigned the pattern design to me as part of my Designer in Residence duties. Yes, this is one of the secret things I’ve been …
Normally I’m a protein fiber gal, all the way. Sit me in a pile of wool, alpaca, mohair and yak and I’m a happy camper. In fact, I frequently avoid plant fibers because they just…don’t act like wool. The lack of halo, heather, and sproing are all things I typically struggle with when knitting with …
This review should have been posted two months ago; but better late than never. Today I’m reviewing SweetGeorgia CashSilk Lace, the yarn I used in one of my samples for my Á Chloris shawl! Before I begin, full disclosure. This yarn and the next yarn I’ll be reviewing, SweetGeorgia Flaxen Silk DK, have acquired some …
Yep, this is one of those posts—I’m working on a quadzillion fun, exciting things, but I can’t show them to you yet. Of course they’re rather out of season too. I’m currently working on Fall/Winter releases, and it’s almost 100 degrees outside. Humidity 37%. But I can always show you my personal projects (unless I’m …
I’m so excited that I didn’t even bother to come up with an artsy title for this post. As you can see from the on-the-nose announcement I went with instead, the LoveCrafts team has selected Pyrifolia as one of their nominees for their Pattern of the Month competition! I’ve been using LoveCrafts as a Ravelry …
And…it’s done! By ‘it’, I mean my Barocco sweater (Ravelry link) by Stella Egidi, my project for the SweetGeorgia Yarns Spring Make-Along. Following up to last week’s post, my knitting needles did come in. Some furious sleeve knitting ensued; but because the process of knitting a sweater is too exciting not to document, I did …
I wonder at times if the draw of creative pursuits, especially during times of stress (ask all the folks who learned to knit during lockdowns last year), is their apparent capacity to ensure a certain outcome. Do your research. Measure. Swatch. Prewash your yarns (yes, I am that kind of weird). Follow the instructions, learn …