Giveaway Winner
Debby S, whose favorite pattern of Sivia's is the lovely Tibetan Clouds Stole, is the winner of The Book of Cowls. I will be in touch with her shortly to get her information so she can cast on soon! And, in more panic-inducing news, it's just about time to open up pre-orders for KCC2. I'll be back on Monday with all the details of when that will start and how it will work. In the meantime, I have to go check and double check and triple check the website and finalize a few other plans to make sure things go [...]
Lined
I am a note taker. I am a list maker. I am a doodler. All this means that I've been known to go through lots and lots of little slips of paper. But I don't actually think little bits of paper are the best way to keep track of some of my thoughts. I want something a little bigger, something that will last from one day to the next, but not something else I have to find a home for or put away at the end of the day (I like to have a clean desk every day when I'm [...]
Book of Cowls Giveaway
One of the most delightful parts of this February's Visionary retreat was getting to meet and spend time with some of the folks in the knitting world that I'd known before only through their work. One of the people I was most excited to meet was Sivia Harding. I've long admired her work and was more than a little thrilled at the prospect of spending time with her in person. She was even more charming than I could have imagined. We spent a lovely (if chilly) afternoon wandering around taking pictures of one of her beautiful creations. (That's Ambrosial from [...]
Out of the Bag
I made mention, when I talked about the pink mitts, that they were going to be part of a collaborative project. I was all circumspect and discreet and gave no details away. For you see, it wasn't my project so it wasn't my place to spill the beans. But the beans, the beans have now been spilt (which spell check tells me is the wrong way to put spill in the past tense, but I maintain is just fine), so I can blab away. I'm thrilled to announce that these mitts will be one of many projects in a collaborative [...]
Ah, the Glamor
As mentioned before, we went out on Sunday to scout for photo locations. We took the pink mitts along with us because it's much easier to judge how suitable a spot is for taking photos if you actually, say, take photos. That, and I needed photos of the pink mitts. Now, the process of taking photos, especially photos of hands, is a tricky one. Trying to put your hands in some position that looks natural and comfortable and reasonable in the photo usually means contorting your hands, your body, and quite possibly your very soul into the most uncomfortable and [...]
Belated
One day last week, while I was busy knitting or writing patterns or running errands or making plans for world domination, something happened. The blog turned 4. I totally had it in my head that this happened this week, not last week. I'm apparently a very bad blogger. I'm actually more than a little amazed at how my world has changed in the last 4 years, in large part through this blog. I feel like I should have something profound and important to say about it. Alas, I really don't. I'm far more likely to be bouncing up and down [...]
Permission or Forgiveness?
This Sunday we went on a bit of a scouting excursion. I've been wanting to do this for the better part of a year. Whenever I drive home from our primary grocery store, I catch sight of an abandoned (and charmingly decrepit) greenhouse. It looked exactly like the sort of place that would lend itself well to serving as a backdrop for knitting photos. Turns out yeah, it sort of is. We'll start with an establishing shot of the greenhouse itself. Yes that is a tree resting on the roof. It's been there at least a year. When you get [...]
On the Value of Following Instructions
You know how that last instruction in most every pattern is something to do with blocking? And you know how you may occasionally want to blatantly ignore that instruction? Mmmm, yes. Next time you're tempted to do that? Remember this picture. Same yarn, same needles, same knitter, worked the same week. One blocked and one not (yet) blocked. Which do you think will look better on? The goal is to have these blocked and dry for Sunday morning so The Boy and I can go traipsing around this neat half-collapsed greenhouse and take some pictures. Should be cool, if we [...]
And So It Begins
I am a big fans of systems. I truly deeply believe big projects are easier to get through if you have a system. Books are big projects, so I have a system for them. I'm starting the next book (the one that comes after KCC2), and that means the book yarn containment system has been reactivated. It's pretty basic...one bin for sock yarn, one bin for non-sock yarn, and one bin for swatches, labels, notes, and other important bits that must not be lost. The yarn bins are starting to fill up (yay), but the extra bit is still empty. [...]
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