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Tah-Daaah! Gyroscopic Cardigan Pattern…
Posted on | July 5, 2011 | 2 Comments
Thank you for your patience! The Gyroscopic Cardigan pattern has been uploaded to my Ravelry Pattern Store and is now available for sale. I’ll also upload it to my Pattern Store on this site in a week or so. I appreciate all the comments this design has already generated, including those that mention its generous range [...]
Blue Pleated Cardigan
Posted on | February 28, 2011 | 1 Comment
Every once in a while, I remember something I forgot. The Blue Pleated Cardigan is one of those. After I finished making it in 2009, I wore it to death for at least a year. Then, for reasons I no longer remember, I consigned it to the top shelf of my closet. That is to [...]
Orchid Thief Stole My Heart
Posted on | November 10, 2010 | 5 Comments
The Orchid Thief Shawlette pattern stole my heart from the moment Ysolda Teague proposed it for my book, Brave New Knits. Eventually, I knew, I would have to make one of my own. There were exactly two skeins of Sundara Yarn’s (sadly discontinued) Silk Sport in my stash, with 225 yards in each – just [...]
Finally… An Ishbel To Call My Own
Posted on | November 1, 2010 | No Comments
Although it seems that lately I don’t have much time to knit other designers’ patterns, Ysolda Teague’s Ishbel shawl made a great plane project a few weeks ago. Everywhere I go, I run into a knitter who tells me with great excitement that she has knit up four Ishbels, or sometimes five, or maybe even as [...]
So Behind It Looks Caught Up To Me
Posted on | October 26, 2010 | No Comments
The latest radio silence is attributable to nothing more serious than travel and then more time needed to catch up on life. But I couldn’t let my new pattern release go entirely unheralded. Please say hello to Sonja, a rectangular stole and bonus scarf pattern in a total of three sizes. After much test knitting [...]
Designer Spotlight #9 – Jennifer Hagan, Figknits
Posted on | September 10, 2010 | 1 Comment
When Jen Hagan of figknits offered to make the Global Cable Coat for Brave New Knits, I had to pinch myself. The sketch she sent me was promising, but it was impossible to imagine how much more gorgeous this sweater-coat would be in real life. Knit with bulky weight, hard-wearing Beaverslide Dry Goods McTaggart Tweeds [...]
Baby Love
Posted on | August 11, 2010 | No Comments
Although none of my friends are having babies anymore, at least their own kids are. It’s so nice to have an excuse to knock out an adorable baby knit! This sweet little sweater, based on a free pattern from Jimmy Beans Wool, is called the Presto Chango (by Valerie Wallis) and took one week to work up. Seriously, it [...]
Designer Spotlight #1: Grumperina
Posted on | August 2, 2010 | No Comments
Designer Spotlight #1 Meeting Kathy Veeza, better known in the knitting blogosphere as Grumperina, was an incredible thrill. And with that introduction, this post kicks off my Designer Spotlight series, airing twice a week (or thereabouts) until I have shined the light on each designer who kindly agreed to participate in the making of Brave [...]
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 [...]