Retreat, Mind the Loot

The goal of this retreat is for people who are working on self publishing knitting books to get together and help each other.  Well no, it's a bit broader than that.  We've got a few things that aren't exactly books, and a few things that aren't exactly knitting.  But the gist of it is 'fiber' and 'stuff that until recently was done only by big publishers (or maybe not even done at all) but is now being done by individuals.'  The technology is changing so fast that trying to pin it down more precisely than that gets tricky.  If you [...]

February 22, 2013|

Shocking, I’m Sure

Bright and early Monday morning, I have to roll myself out the door and off to the airport (more details on that Monday).  I'll be gone for a while, and there are a whole host of things I really should be doing right this very moment to make sure that trip goes smoothly. But instead of doing those things, I found myself sorting out what travel knitting I'd take.  I know, brilliant use of my time, right?  Especially the part where I said 'well, this sock is almost done, if I just finish it up that will make it much [...]

February 1, 2013|

According to Plan

This is going awfully well.  Awfully well indeed.  I have a sneaking suspicion this yarn (Chubbie, by Vice) is going to become one of my favorite fat sock yarns.  This is especially good news, since the sad closing of Schaefer Yarns has meant that my beloved Nichole is going to become harder and harder to find.  The discovery of Chubbie will totally help console me. I'm unreasonably taken with the heel flap on this one, it was rather a lot of fun to knit (I do need to figure out just how to reverse one part of it for the [...]

January 19, 2013|

Envy

About a zillion years ago, I got to know Lizzy on Ravelry.  She tested some of my earliest patterns, then she knit some samples for KCC1, and now she's gone and done that thing that so many of us yarn types have a secret hankering to do somewhere deep inside.  She's started a yarn company.  And of course, it's fabulous yarn.  And of course, I sweet talked her into letting me play with it for KCC2. Just recently, she and I were talking about another little project I have kicking around in my head.  A few days later, yarn showed [...]

January 18, 2013|

Book Yarn, Part IX

And finally, Vice. I got to know Lizzy, the brain behind Vice, on Ravelry.  She's been helping me test my patterns for approximately forever.  She even knit both of the sample shawls for the first volume of Knitter's Curiosity Cabinet (which is a lot of knitting).  When I heard she had started her own yarn line (and isn't that every knitter's dream), I was thrilled.  I'm so excited to have two of her lovely yarns in the next book On the right is Chubbie in the color Lauren.  This is my kind of sock yarn.  It's got 8 tiny plies, [...]

December 14, 2012|
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