Monthly Archives: March 2010
New Pattern: Nouveau gloves
It can be pretty agonizing sometimes, having new designs in the works and holding off talking about them until the final reveal, but then when I do get to reveal them it feels so, so satisfying. The pattern I have … Continue reading
Filed under accessories, design
On sizing with needles
In the knitting world there are different ways of changing the size of the thing you are knitting. In general, we expect knitting patterns to include more than one size, or if not multiple sizes then at the very least … Continue reading
Filed under design, fearless knitting, knitting knowledge
Products have a Process
For the last month or so I’ve been working under a veritable deluge of new knitting design projects. Some of them are under my own steam, some are commissions for particular destinations or dyers, and all of them are things … Continue reading
Filed under design
Portents
Have you ever stopped to count your cast-on stitches only to discover that you stopped at EXACTLY the right number you needed? Let’s hope it’s a good omen for the project. P.S. Thank you all so much for the lovely … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Argyle is the Watchword
I’m beyond thrilled to finally show you my latest pattern design, one which has been in the works for quite a while. Earlier versions of this sock appeared over two years ago, but in the New Year I made myself … Continue reading
Filed under design, knee socks, socks
Fine Indeed
After my sweater-progress post last week a few of you inquired again about the pattern and the yarn. Well, I can tell you that the yarn comes from Lismore Sheep Farm in Nova Scotia, and is a wooly sheepy yarn … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
The Knitter’s To-Do List
Oddly enough, it does make me feel a smidgeon more accomplished, to have gone from something like this: …to this: Yarn, you and me have got a lot of work to do. One at a time, there’s room for all … Continue reading
Field Trip
On Sunday my friend Kim invited me for a road trip to a teeny tiny local spot called Jordan Station. It’s in the middle of Niagara wine country here in Ontario and if I’m being completely honest, I’d never even … Continue reading
Filed under knitting tourism, yarn stores
The Knitter Right Now
Do you ever reach moments in your knitting when you realize your game has shifted along the way? When you have managed to cross a threshold and can look back and realize that you are a different knitter than you … Continue reading
Filed under a fine fleece, cables
