by admin | Oct 7, 2013 | design
Being a knit designer, I work from home. In theory. In practice I work everywhere. Today I snuck in a few rows on a swatch while selling ice cream at my younger son’s school. They are raising money for their 8th grade trip to Universal. Now I’m trying to...
by admin | Jul 31, 2013 | design
I still design shawls and wraps on a basically constant basis, but I’ve been doing more and more garments for publication. I’m in the crazy throes of finishing two sweaters right now for spring magazines, and I’ve had a few sweaters come out for this...
by admin | Jul 3, 2011 | contest, design, knitting, patterns, seven songs
This pattern started with a tweet. Before I had completely formulated the plan Liberty’s Yarn was offering yarn support. And when I received the gorgeous yarn, I knew there was a gorgeous leafy motif I wanted to incorporate. And so it went. We won’t speak...
by admin | Feb 18, 2011 | design
I had intended to put up a Friday Freebie this morning, but everyone in my house is home today. The man, the 2 boys, the dog – everyone. I’ve had a sick boy home all week so I’ve basically gotten nothing done all week long. We went to the movies to...
by admin | Nov 18, 2010 | design
Well for some reason I got a bug up my butt and decided that NOW is the time for me to really start submitting to more magazines and publications. So today, in between housecleaning and volunteer work, I swatched. And I swatched some more. And I drew sketches, and...
by admin | Apr 7, 2010 | design
The Pettine shawlette is coming along. But I have come to the conclusion that I might the slowest knitter in the universe. I have suspected this before. But I timed myself yesterday and it wasn’t pretty. I may try an “official” time test in the...
