It’s interesting (and a relief) to finally begin to dig down into my virtual and actual to-do piles now that I’m catching up on things after the move. In May, right before moving, I was putting the finishing touches on a few new patterns, getting them ready for the Columbus TNNA trade show, having photoshoots and . . . → Read More: Now with More Yak-A Baby Hat Pattern
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Pearl is ready for her close-up, but I have a feeling the news media might have other things to cover today. Nonetheless, my new book, Knits for Bears to Wear is officially released today. (A friend of my mom’s in upstate New York even confirmed a sighting in the wilid). Pearl did insist . . . → Read More: Knits for Bears Released! Wow–I just realized this is the FOURTH Halloween that I’ve been blogging, so I have a bit of goolish content on the blog that it might be nice to revisit. In 2005, my first year with the blog, I made a crocheted Halloween Treat Bag for a class. You can get the bag on my Ravelry store, . . . → Read More: Roundup of Halloweens Past
Selma decided to be Hermione Granger for Halloween, and we’ve been collecting supplies: my mom sent my brother’s graduation gown which I will alter for her robe, she’s selected a chopstick for a wand, and asked me to knit her a tie. She chose the yarn: Lamb’s Pride worsted for warmth because . . . → Read More: Selma’s Hermione Tie I think that our house is kicking us out. Our phone has been intermittently going on the fritz, every time it rains, as a matter of fact. And last week our furnace broke. Someone came to fix it, but a few days later, it broke again. Oh, and all the rain we’ve been having flooded the . . . → Read More: Time to move? Last Tuesday, at SSK (Silver Spring Knitters, our local group), I coerced Heidi into modeling my newly completed hat.
The cap is a summer version of a hat I wore all winter long. (I’m obsessing a little bit about hats right now, lots of deadlines for sweaters, vests, socks and minutely crocheted shawls, . . . → Read More: Familiar Visitors at Knit Night My new Favorite Song: Lace for Boyz written by HizKnits and . . . → Read More: Lace for boyz Pam, over at the Knotty Generation has a great free tutorial posted about making your own shawl pin. All it takes is a ring, a few yards of yarn and a crochet hook. The tutorial has great step-by-step photos, and is finished with the crochet hook itself. How clever! Technorati Tags:buttons, crochet, . . . → Read More: Make Your Own Shawl Pin Amy was writing about a design she’s working on, and linked to a picture of her sketch which she made from one of the Croquis Family, fashion drawings of standard body sizes (including a women’s petite and plus size drawing). These images are from Threads Magazine–they’ll be great for sketching–I was just wishing that they were on . . . → Read More: Meet the Croquis stranded crochet Originally uploaded by plainsight. When Hannah proposed a Knit Along called I thought it would be a great excuse to practice my stranding techniques. But when she said there were no rules, I got it in my head that I should crochet a fair-isle pattern instead. . . . → Read More: Stranded with Crochet |
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