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The Design Process – Math

Math, the bogyman of the knitting world! I’ll try to explain the best I can, and I hope it is somewhat understandable. Instead of doing everything at once, I’ll try to break it down into smaller pieces and only as I work on each section. My numbers tend to change as I’m working anyway, so [...]

The Design Process – Gauge

Let’s talk about gauge. Now I know what some of you are thinking – ugh! not another lecture about gauge! Well, yes and no. When designing a pattern, a gauge swatch is the key to all my numbers. Without it I would be completely lost, have to rip back 50,000 times and would probably be [...]

Two of a Kind

Look for part 2 of “The Design Process” soon, but in the meantime……. We have 2 finished Anemoi mittens! Pattern: Anemoi mittens by Eunny JangYarn: Fortissima Socka 1 ball Olive and 1 ball CreamNeedles: Size 0 and 1 dpnsStarted: Jan 26thFinished: Feb 19th Pattern Notes: I just LOVE these mittens! Unfortunately I finished them just [...]

The Design Process – Inspiration

Welcome to my first installment of a glimpse inside my design process! I will begin with a very short summary of where I find inspiration and then talk a bit about sketching and swatching the initial design. I also include dates so you can get a general idea how long the process can sometimes take. [...]

New Design Project

I’ve been working on a new design for neoknits that I’ll actually be able to share! The design has been in the works for a month or so, but I just finalized all the details today. As I’m working on the project, I hope to be able to explain a little bit about what goes [...]

Brrrrrr! Chilly Weekend!

The temperature just keeps falling, falling, falling and my mittens aren’t getting knit quick enough! It took me just a few extra minutes getting out of the house this morning so I could get to work. Who likes 15 degree weather? Not me! Yesterday, DB and I ventured out into the 28 degree weather to [...]

Mittens and a New Look

I was finally able to change over to the new blogger. Man, this so much easier! I’m in heaven. I was getting a bit sick of all the green anyway. I’m feeling the clean lines now. I actually had some time this week for “free knitting”, knitting for myself that is! This yarn was originally [...]