Thanksgiving pattern sale!

Buy one, get one free!   Head on over to my Ravelry pattern store here, pick out at least two patterns, and use coupon code trimmings, good November 24th through the 25th.

Madrona, here I come!

Woot!  Who else is going to Madrona?  This is going to be my first, and can you tell how excited I am? I’m taking Catherine Lowe’s Full- Fashioning for Design and Fit and Jean Wong’s Fine Finishing classes.  Have any of you taken either of...

Helpful Sites for Designers

I was cleaning up my bookmarks way too early this morning (Santa Ana winds are aggravating my allergies to the point I can’t sleep, AGH) and thought I’d share these links. The Knitting Fiend has all sorts of useful online calculators.  Though I usually...

Mid November WIPs and DIPs

I’ve finished the Shelter mitts.  Less than 1 skein for a pair!  I’m really pleased with them.  I need to get some good photos today, then those go off in the mail to Knitcircus for the Spring Issue. I  really enjoyed working with this yarn. The...

Sweet Cicely!

The Winter Knitcircus 201o is live!  Yep, that’s my sweater on the cover!  Jaala found yet another lovely model for it.  I love the color theme of the issue with the blues and bits of brighter colors like the orange. The yarn is Blue Sky Alpacas Melange. ...