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A New Design

Posted on | July 7, 2010 | 8 Comments

A few weeks back, I stopped in Knitty City to support my friend and fellow designer Joyce showcase her lovely shawls. After her talk, I was drawn to 5 or 6 huge bags (yes, I said bags) of Madelinetosh Sock. There were so many beautiful colors, my mind just about (well, it did actually) shut down and I went home empty handed. That night, my mind kept coming back to one color: Lichen. It was a pretty olive with little bits of lavender/violet showing through. But there was also this pretty vintage pink….and blue……and teal…..and…and..

The next night, I went back to Knitty City to see Joanna Johnson and hear her talk about her new book Phoebe’s Sweater. I had met Joanna at TNNA, but we didn’t have much time to chat and I wanted to hear more about her newest project. Her illustrated childrens book is totally adorable and comes with a pattern for a Phoebe doll, clothes, her sweater (of course!) and a matching sweater for that special little girl.

Joanna also helped me narrow that difficult color choice down to the Lichen. Thanks Joanna!

I’ve been itching to start my new design, but I had to finish up another project for a friend first. I’ve been working on my swatches on little breaks here and there and I’m almost ready to cast on. I blocked the below swatch last night, but I’m not totally sold on this lace pattern. I think I have to try out one more I have in mind before I make my final decision. What do you guys think? I guess it’s hard to comment if you don’t know what it’s going to be, but I just want to concentrate on the stitch pattern right now. I can tell you it is not going to be an all over pattern, it will be mixed with stockinette stitch.

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