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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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And in Other News
The lovely blue socks I took off to the retreat are done (and have been for a while now, I just didn’t quite manage to get them outside and snap a picture). We’ll start with proof of concept. See...
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Playing Favorites, Part 2
We talked a little while ago about the sock yarns for the upcoming book, but that book won’t all be sock-y goodness. There are lots of other delightful projects too, and that means more yarn. I’ve...
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Woven
I have an unreasonable fondness for knitted fabrics that look woven at first glance. It’s one of the reasons I love this curl. It’s got all of the structure of a woven fabric with the stretch and...
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Psst
Xanthophyll (a favorite both because they’re awfully pretty socks and because any word that starts with an x gets automatic bonus points) is coming back out next Tuesday. These were reknit in a...
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Xanthophyll (plus giveaway)
Remember how I’m not supposed to have favorites? Because I’m supposed to love all my patterns equally? Well that works about as well with patterns as with ice cream. They’re all good, but some of...
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Gramercy (plus giveaway)
You know how some knitting projects just sort of seem like little magic tricks? Either they come together faster than they should, or they use less yarn than you’d expect, or they look so much fancier...
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Peregrinate (plus giveaway)
You know when your knitting hits that perfect, meditative place? The spot where your fingers know just what to do and your stitches flow perfectly and all you have to do is sit back and admire your...
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Latterly (plus giveaway)
Half the trick to knitting is balance (balance knits with purls to keep things from curling, balance cables with plain stitches to keep things from squinching up too tight, balance increases with...
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Carom (plus giveaway)
I suspect you might already know this, but I have a thing for sets. I can’t help it. As soon as I finish a piece I start wondering ‘and what would happen if I just wiggled this little bit over here?’...
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