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Design Update

I’ve been working my knitting fingers to the bone trying to push out some new designs and for once, I can finally say 2 of them are for neoknits! One is the plus size version of Sesame, but the other is brand new. For the new design, I’m working with Handmaiden Flaxen and I love [...]

Monday Yarn

Three cheers for Monday yarn! What do we have this week? Kaalund Yarns “Classic Two” in Wine I’m thinking about making Ene’s Scarf or maybe one of Knitspot.com’s lovely shawls with this laceweight. Lanas Puras Melosa Worsted in “Passion”. This one is earmarked for a design already. I love this color! The camera can’t do [...]

Ooops!

There have been a few errors spotted by some eagle eyed knitters for the Wallis Cardigan from Summer 08 Interweave Knits: Back:Rows 3-12: Rep Rows 1 and 2 five more times. Inc Row: (RS) K1, M1 (see glossary), knit to last st, M1, k1 Right front:Shape armhole: Cont in patts, BO 5 (5, 6, 8, [...]

Knitty!

The new Knitty is up! Yay! Recognize anyone? Gigiby Melissa Wehrle I really enjoyed this project and it went along fairly quickly. I believe it was knit in about 3 weeks way back in February, when I was only dreaming of Summer. After the temperatures this week in NYC, I wish I was still dreaming!

Possum Yarn?

My boss was in Australia and New Zealand a few weeks back and she was nice enough to bring back my assistant and I some yarn surprises. She told me that she had brought me back Possum yarn and I was intrigued. Possums don’t exactly look like the most cuddly creatures, nor would I think [...]

Knitting Going On

It’s been awhile, but there has been quite a bit of knitting going on. The only thing I can show you is my progress on the plus size version of Sesame, but I’ve also been working on my submission for Popknits. Popknits will debut in the Fall and will be dedicated to free vintage inspired [...]