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I’m Knitting As Fast As I Can
Posted on | December 14, 2010 | 1 Comment
Having just completed writing up the pattern for a secret project, I needed something soothing to work on. Something a little bit mindless. Something mindless that would nevertheless result in a garment I will be happy to wear. And that’s why I am Working up another of Cocoknits’ designs, this time the Louisa long-sleeved tunic. I [...]
Sabine
Posted on | December 8, 2010 | 1 Comment
Another recent FO to share, Sabine is my first – and perhaps my only – knitted holiday gift for this year. Sabine is for my daughter, who goes to college in a cold-winter climate, who has coveted this yarn (Mountain Colors “Bearfoot”, a DK weight blend of wool, mohair, and nylon) ever since it first appeared in my [...]
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, Part 2
Posted on | July 26, 2010 | 2 Comments
Habu Goddess Tunic: Versatility is her middle name. When we left off at the last post, the Habu Goddess Tunic’s possibilities were beginning to reveal themselves. We saw what a bit of pinning, ruching, and draping could accomplish. Transparent became translucent. Flat became dimensional. Loose became fitted. And Blah became Wow. And now, plain-and-simple becomes [...]
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 [...]
Love Bites Up
Posted on | July 2, 2010 | 1 Comment
Love Bites Neckwarmer and Fingerless Gloves If you’ve been on my Ravelry Designer page within the last 48 hours, you may have noticed that these patterns are up for sale. As promised, you can purchase them as a set for $7.00, or individually for $4.00 apiece. In addition, way past my bedtime two nights ago I [...]
Up In The Air
Posted on | June 8, 2010 | 1 Comment
I’m no Ryan Bingham, and certainly no (spoiler alert!) cheatin’ Alex, but lately I’ve been up in the air way too often for my liking. Air travel takes on a whole new perspective when you’re doing it because you HAVE to instead of because you WANT to. While I’d do anything for my family, this [...]
Emily Dickinson
Posted on | April 26, 2010 | 1 Comment
Have I mentioned that I started the Emily Dickinson shawl by Kieran Foley after I saw what an absolutely bang-up job Ann had done with it? Here is my start – and the fabulous color of this Woolen Rabbit yarn in Chocolate Chambord laceweight is dead accurate in the photo, for once. I completed the border [...]
Twist superlatives
Posted on | April 4, 2010 | No Comments
Now that I’ve finished admiring my own handiwork in the latest issue of Twist, I’ve gone back through the rest of the patterns and decided that this issue is the best one ever! When I can’t make up my mind about which project to download first, and when there are fewer designs I probably won’t want [...]
Hello From No-Knitting Hell
Posted on | March 5, 2010 | 1 Comment
With my right hand bandaged to resemble a catcher’s mitt, you’d think my entire hand had been spectacularly mangled in our blender rather than what are probably a total of ten stitches and a little bruising here and there on the two fingers that were fixed. Given this state of affairs, I obviously cannot knit. Nope, cannot knit [...]