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Have you ever knit something that pushed you out of your comfort zone, and been so glad you did it? My latest pattern, the Tesselis Shawl, is like that for me. Not because it’s a hard project, because it’s actually a potato chip knit. Simple lace, easy textures, and a few rows of slipped stitches …
It’s the first day of fall in the Northern Hemisphere, but Lord of the Rings fans are excited about something else entirely: it’s Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday, aka Hobbit Day! I’ve celebrated Hobbit Day here on the blog with various highjinks in past years (see last year’s nonsense), but I’m extra excited about this year—because …
Thanks to all of you, Red Earth Design Studio is 5 years old this month! The me that started this business in September 2018 had no idea what it would become—the projects I’d get to work on and the incredible professionals I’d get to work with. I couldn’t have imagined I’d have a portfolio of …
Every knitter needs to knit with neon yarn at least once. I’ve designed a lot of patterns inspired by music. Usually music that was written 200 years ago or more—I grew up surrounded by classical music and sing opera myself, so it’s only natural. But another thing a grew up with and haven’t mentioned on …
What little thing in life brings you inexplicable joy? Some of you might have guessed that I love the color red. After all, it’s literally in my business name. The business name actually comes from the red clay soil in my area, but did I use it as an excuse to make all kinds of …
You know how we all have “someday” projects—things we want to make in the future but live rent-free in our heads right now? Today I get to bring you one of my “someday” projects: the Ombra Shawl! This top-down crescent shawl features an airy leaf lace pattern and chevron border; and both stitch patterns are …
While pretty yarn isn’t an immediate cure for a knitting slump (if it were, I’d have never fallen into one), it certainly does help. I’m currently in the thick of an exciting collaboration with Jensen of Sugarplum Circus, using her Eco Sport yarn. It’s my first time working with a wool/tencel blend, and I’m hooked. …
Well, this isn’t what I thought my first post of the new year would be about. If you saw my last post of 2022, you’ll know I made…a lot of things last year. And that post just included the samples I made and was able to show, let alone the half-dozen more that I made …
Is it already that time again? Of course I know it is; I somehow survived the Christmas rush, even though I didn’t get nearly as much gift knitting done as I’d hoped, and I kind of fell off the face of the earth in terms of all the chatter and socializing I planned to do …
Today’s a special day—my 50th pattern, the Hoa Sen Pullover, is out today! I’m kind of in shock, to be honest. 50 patterns in four years is a LOT of patterns; I literally didn’t realize how big my catalog was until last week as I was prepping this pattern for release. If I’d noticed sooner …