Shrub, Part I
The internet is a dangerous place. On the internet, you can be going along, minding your own business, when suddenly you stumble across a recipe for a plum shrub cocktail. That's going to change the course of your day right there. Especially if you then find yourself falling down a rabbit hole of shrub theory and practice and are the type to conduct the occasional science experiment in your kitchen. So the gist, for those of you new to shrubs, is that they're a fruit syrup vinegar concoction. They go in drinks (alcoholic or not) and have a delicious fruity/sweet/tart [...]
Dummy
No, no I am not calling you names. You, dear readers, are all unusually clever (and might I mention astonishing attractive). I just want to talk to you about dummies. Dummies are blank books made up by the printer in the dimensions/page count/paper type you're considering for a book. So these here are the two sizes I'm considering for the current sneakypants project (and yes, those are all sneakypants samples, because the books looked way too plain by themselves...no, you may not see them up close yet). I didn't know these things even existed until I started doing books. But [...]
Shocking
Hey, look, a sock. We haven't seen one of those around here in a while. I realized the other day I was feeling a little crazy around the edges – a little crazier than usual. Now I like to think I'm some sort of complicated, mysterious being with a finely tuned set of needs and desires....not the sort of creature who could be entertained by using a series of 6,000 tiny loops to make a tube with a bend in the middle. As it turns out though, I totally am that easily entertained. Making that tube is unreasonably satisfying. I [...]
Dream Big (Plus Giveaway)
So just to recap, way back in March I introduced you to the amazing Dreaming of Shetland project in support of Deb Robson's work. Then, in August, the first installment of the book came out and I talked a bit more about the project itself. Now, I'm happy to say, the installment with my project in it is out! I can't tell you how delighted I am by this book. It is a beautiful example of the fiber community coming together to support one of our own. You know how you have that sneaking suspicion that knitters really are pretty [...]
Knitty Pattern, Plus Sale!
Having a pattern in knitty is a funny thing. You spend a long time knowing it's coming (but not being allowed to talk about it), you know it will be great fun, but you never know quiiiiite when it will happen. That's the state I was in for the last several weeks, but after yesterday, the waiting is officially over. May I present Deflect. These were actually my dad's birthday socks last year. I finished them while The Boy and I were in Maine in October, and then shamelessly pressed The Boy into modeling them for a little photo shoot [...]
Math…please don’t be scared
There I sat, admiring my swatch. Loving it really. The drape, the gauge, the yarn, the color, all was well. Look at that red thing (details of said swatch intentionally and shamelessly obscured in the interest of secrecy preservation). It's Blue Sky Alpacas' Alpaca Silk in Crabapple and it's filling me with glee. The other thing it was filling me was doubt. Had I let my swatching fever take too strong a hold? Was I going to run out of yarn because I'd knit such a nice big swatch? I'm a swatch keeper. I'll rip them out if I have [...]
In The Grip
I got the nicest note from someone the other day saying they were sorry I wasn't knitting much these days. I had to do a bit of a double take. I sort of feel like I've been knitting like a mad woman. That cramp in my neck and the twinge just above my right elbow also seem to indicate that I've been knitting rather a lot. What I've not been doing is showing you my knitting. That is in large part because most of what I'm knitting at the moment is swatches. Piles and piles and piles of swatches. See? [...]
Polyommatus corydon Knit Along
I’ll be having knit alongs for each of the pattern pairs in The Knitter’s Curiosity Cabinet, Volume II. This month we're starting the two patterns inspired by the Polyommatus corydon print (as always, you can click on the print to see it bigger, these prints really are marvelous). So of course we have socks...ruffly frilly amazing socks. And just to counter out all that girlishness, a slightly more subdued hat. If you’d like to join in, swing on by the ravelry thread and get knitting. This is pretty laid back for a knit along (too many rules make my head [...]
These Things Keep Happening
Somehow, despite all my firm intentions to work on only one (or, you know, two) big projects at a time, something snuck up on me the other day. I really couldn't help it. It started as a swatch. A simple little swatch. Then there was a period of graph paper experimentation and a bit of shameless arithmetic. Then came the creeping realization that what I had was an idea, not a swatch, and that the idea had tremendous potential. The sort of potential that results in books around these parts. Now of course it's in the early stages. More specifically, [...]
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