InDesign

The past 4 or 5 days I’ve immersed myself in starting to learn InDesign (specifically for pattern layout). Of course we just purchased CS4 about 2 months ago, and CS5 just came out (sigh). (I’m trying to console myself by the fact there are many, many...

Recipe(s) of the Week April 27th 2010

Okay, so it’s not knitting, but….good food is one of the great pleasures in life.  And it gives me an excuse to sneak in a little local flavor, a little gardening. Honey Vinaigrette Basically this is a standard vinaigrette with the addition of local...

Manly mitts (as yet unnamed)

Sometimes a yarn decides it wants to be something else than what you originally intended. Patti from Sweet Grass Wool sent me some skeins of her luscious Targhee to play with. I had a fingerless mitten pattern in mind, with sinuous cables curving back & forth...

KnitCircus Fall 2010

…will have one of my fingerless mitten patterns! I’m so very excited! The mitts are delightfully twisty and deliciously  lacy and just…DeLovely. KnitCircus is a (now) online-only knit mag;  you can download the entire pattern collection for the...

Adamson Mitts are up!

They have their own page here. They’re on Ravelry here. These are a lot of fun to knit!  Although they may look complicated, they’re not nearly as complex as they look, and they work up quickly. [nggallery id=10]