Penchant Expansion Pack
The Expansion Pack for Penchant is out, and this is a little different from what we usually do, so read on for details! We all know I'm bad at restraint. I like versions and options and exploring things in depth. It's how I'm wired. So it makes sense that something that started with one hat quickly turned into two. And then those two hats somehow seemed like the absolutely perfect place to spend some time playing with duplicate stitch. So I did! The hat pattern came out last year, but the primer on duplicate stitch was only for patrons. But [...]
Have a word
Which one of you was in charge of telling me how much fun helix knitting is? We need to have a word. Because while I appreciate that you did eventually get the message to me, I must say that I wish you'd done it a tiny bit quicker. This is NIFTY. Nifty and tidy. Nifty and tidy and easy. And really, that's a great combo. (Yarns are all Seven Sisters Arts' magic, floofy laceweight held double with smoother things, and I love you all dearly but I am not burrowing through the label pile to figure out what right now...it's [...]
Reacquainted
Why yes, yes I am continuing my ongoing attempts to reacquaint myself with some sock friends from days of yore. Anyone remember these? They have a special place in my heart for a whole bunch of reasons, and I think they may need to come back out to play some time soon, don't you? Photo of the swatch both blocked and unblocked, because folks always ask 'do you haaaaaave to block your swatches?' And I always say 'nope!' But the kind of information you get from a blocked swatch and an unblocked swatch are different, and you should know that [...]
Monthly Reminder
Hey, so the algorithm gods that run our lives HAAAAATE it when I talk about abortion on instagram. If you're on there, can you like and/or comment and/or share my post about it there? It absolutely helps more people see it, and damn it, folks need the info! Good news! Over the counter hormonal birth control pills are finally available in the US. You can get them at drug stores, online from Opill, and even from amazon.* We're talking about the pill because restriction on abortion and limits on contraception go hand in hand. Yes, they are coming for your [...]
Options
Options options options. My brain always wants options. You know it, I know it. There's no reason to fight it. Easier just to give in and do what it wants.
Crowns
So here's another example of what I mean by having a bunch of building blocks and putting them together different ways. These are the crowns of the two hats from yesterday's post. And hat crowns are (generally) just 'ways to decrease while maintaining some of the lines of the pattern.' So if you have a couple of different ways to decrease out of a given stitch, you can find yourself with a couple of lovely different hat crowns. The hardest part is deciding which you like best, which I, alas, am no help with. I'm hopelessly smitten with both! But [...]
Stack them up
Ok, I'm going to be Very Brave and show you some Very Not Pretty Pictures so I can excitedly explain the next weird idea... Remember when I talked about how the thing that I've come to really love in designs is letting all the bits of a piece flow nicely into one another? How that's what makes a pattern feel like it clicks in my head? Well I'm working on a way to take all those various pieces and sort of...package them all up together as building blocks so you can play with them too! So these hats are taking [...]
Tidy
Because just one version is not enough...Also because oh, oh starting things off like that is just so very very very tidy that it makes my brain happy.
You pick!
We have a decision to make! One of these is going to come out, and you get to pick which. You can vote over here (it's a public post). Ok, so, these are both little...explorations that went along with a couple of last year's hat patterns. One covers duplicate stitch and all the lovely ways you can use it to decorate things. The other covers some very spiffy variations of herringbone stitch and the ways you can play with them on all sorts of things. They both started life as special little extras for the folks Patreon. And now it's [...]
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