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Handwork Mitts, Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts 2011
Posted on | September 18, 2011 | No Comments
I received a copy of Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts 2011 last week. Lo and behold, my ongoing desire to design fingerless mitts patterns continues to bear fruit. Designed to fit into the section titled “A House With Gables” theme (for the projects’ ornate embellishments), I LOVED creating the Handwork Mitts design. Not only do these mitts include a feminine [...]
Feeling Brittle
Posted on | April 23, 2011 | No Comments
Every year I am asked to make the same contribution to the Passover seder we attend at the home of friends. Matzoh brittle, with its buttery-caramelized crunch and chocolate-almond (and sometimes shredded coconut) toppings is as delicious as it is easy. In years past I was reliably guilty of consuming way, way more than my fair share. But [...]
Signs of Spring
Posted on | March 31, 2011 | No Comments
There are some things even the latest downpours have not been able to wash away. Between storms this past week, I’ve been outside trying to capture the brave little spots of color around the garden. Although I have not been successful at capturing on film any of the rainbows I’ve seen (why do I always [...]
Not Your Traditional Knitter: Meet Mens Knitwear Designer Kevin Kramp
Posted on | February 13, 2011 | 1 Comment
If you thought you’d seen all possible permutations of knitwear for men, let me introduce you to something completely different. Kevin Kramp and I first talked several months ago when I interviewed him for an article in our university’s alumni magazine. I was immediately struck by his idiosyncratic creativity. In fact, the lede in my article quoted Kevin’s [...]
Declassified
Posted on | October 29, 2010 | 1 Comment
When the fun folks at Interweave Knits gave me a creative challenge, I did my best to rise to the occasion. And now that the Holiday 2010 issue is on its way to your mailbox and local yarn shop, I can share what they asked me to do. It was a fun little project; knitted [...]
CraftyPod Rocks!
Posted on | August 21, 2010 | No Comments
Oh CraftyPod, How I Love You! Notice anything different about this blog lately? If you have not yet taken an online class with Sister Diane of CraftyPod fame, I urge you to run, don’t walk, to her website and sign up right this second!!! I recently completed her three-part online Craft Blog Tune-Up class, at the [...]
Designer Spotlight #2: The Yarniad
Posted on | August 6, 2010 | 4 Comments
Designer Spotlight #2: Hilary Smith Callis, The Yarniad San Francisco resident Hilary Smith Callis was an easy choice for inclusion in Brave New Knits. Although at the time she did not consider herself a full-fledged designer, the foundation had been established and was just waiting to blossom. Hilary writes an entertaining blog that shares all the fibery details of her [...]
Habu Goddess Tunic
Posted on | July 22, 2010 | No Comments
Earlier in the week, we took a look at the unassuming beginning of the Habu Goddess Tunic. Two long pieces of stockinette in Habu‘s Tsumugi Silk, bordered at each end with deep swaths of Wool Stainless Steel carried with Kusaki Zome Silk. Each length measuring 60″ long by 18″ wide when blocked, they could easily be repurposed [...]
New Project Preview: The Knitting While Reading Tunic
Posted on | July 19, 2010 | No Comments
What I Did On My Summer Vacation I accomplished a lot of vacation knitting in Mexico as I whiled away the hours between pitchers of margaritas and tall glasses of a frozen drink called the ”Miami Vice” (a sweet concoction that seems to be a combination of daiquiri and pina colada that my daughter gleefully introduced us to. Although [...]
A Little Reading With Your Knitting?
Posted on | July 9, 2010 | No Comments
A few posts ago, I posed this question: Are you a knitter who enjoys reading while you knit? Do you take your knitting to the movies and click away in the dark while the film rolls? When you go out for a meal with friends, are you knitting even as you wait for your food [...]