Category: Accessories

  • happy july!

    Almost, anyway! Can you believe how quickly this year has gone? I think the older I get, the faster the years go.

    I’ve got a bunch of stuff on the needles right now and I’m pretty in love with them all. This one hasn’t seen much attention the last couple of days, but I’m anxious to get back to it!

    shawling along

    That’s the Viola merino fingering weight, and I’m working it up into a shawl – I love triangle shawls, but this one’s a little different. Still from the top down, but it won’t be a triangle – more like wedge shaped. Sort of a cross between a top-down triangle and a top-down raglan. I’ve got an edging in mind, but we’ll see how that looks when I get to it (hopefully pretty soon).

    The stitch pattern is subtle but breaks up the colour a little bit, and it’s more interesting than stockinette too. I’ve got two skeins of this yarn to use so it’ll be nice and big!

    Oh, and I must say, thanks for your great response to Bellevue! I can’t wait to see some of your finished projects.

  • some housekeeping

    A little cleaning up of the blog here and there – I’ve updated my Wholesale page with a new up-to-date price list. I’ve lowered the price on a couple of the accessory patterns to match the retail price of the patterns here, so if you’re interested in carrying my patterns at your shop, drop me a line and let me know!

    I’ve also updated my Classes page – due to a lack of registration I won’t be teaching at Knit Camp this year. Anyone who signed up for my classes should have received an email with an option for switching or a refund. If you haven’t, you should probably let the Knit Camp people know what you want to do!

    Since that means I’m in town all summer now, I’d love if the locals would come and take a class with me at lettuce knit – I’ve got lots of spaces available in my July and August classes.

    I’ve spent all day doing computer work (especially final polishing up of the new pattern that’s been seen out and about lately) and haven’t had a chance to knit at all! Time to change that – I’m almost at the end of my first ball of cashmere on this scarf:

    this needs a name

    Say it with me now: oooooooooooh.

  • scrunchy and cashmere, what more could you want?

    I’m working on a pattern that’ll be ready really soon, so that means it’s time for new projects!

    caaaaashmere

    I am in LOVE with this scarf I’ve started out of Jade Sapphire laceweight cashmere. Yes, it’s on small needles and yes, that’s a lot of knitting. But it’s super soft and light, I love the colour and I’m just having a great time knitting it! Very large cables make it scrunch up in really interesting ways. I’ve got over 10″ done and I’ve only worked on it a few days. I already can’t wait to wear this in the fall – I think it might turn out to be one of the most beautiful and wearable things I’ve knit.