pirate kitty
My days this week are spent playing with Felix, running errands and making a new toy, Pirate kitty for our little friend who has a birthday this coming Saturday with a pirate theme.Nights are spent working furiously towards my fast approaching deadline for Interweave Knits next spring issue. I don’t like knitting on work projects [...]
shapes
My concentration is not very focused these days. I think the Internet has my brain hungry for more and more instant images and I’m feeling mentally restless and lazy at the same time. Or at least that’s the excuse I’m using today. Felix and I stepped outside the house for a short walk and I [...]
book crush
Knitprovisation by Cilla RamnekI’m crazy in love with this book I picked up Monday at a local bookstore. Felix and I were wandering around town looking for air-conditioned rooms trying to pass the day as cool as possible. Anyway, I found this gem and it’s the kind of book that feels like home. The mixing [...]
scarf hat
The Nomad Hat in its original form:
Cooked up in 2003…I think. The yarn is Mondial Prestigio, (lace weight mohair) and the stripe on the hat is an old dk Rowan wool. And, the swatch I sent in to IK.
The swatch looks so dreary today. I must have been going through a grey phase. I do [...]
nomad hat
The new Interweave Knits is available, and it’s a good fall issue filled with lots of interesting sweaters. I really want to make the Tangled Yoke cardigan. I’m pleased to be a part of the issue. My scarf hat pattern renamed more poetically Nomad Hat is featured in the Minimalist Knits section.
Just for fun, [...]
busy hands
Keeping my hands busy in this summer heat. Last week I sent off a design for Classic Elite and I’m waiting for yarn for a project for Interweave Knits. That’s my business report: in between projects for spring 2008.
Here is a finished pair of socks for a friend’s birthday.It is so hot outside I decided [...]
pink kitty
Here is another version of Cat from Sock and Glove by Miyako Kanamori; this one went to a friend who just had her fourth birthday princess party. I had so much fun embellishing the kitty with vintage buttons and ribbon and of course sewing the pants with a hole cut out for the tail was [...]
boots kitty
The pattern for this little stuffie is from the delightful book Sock and Glove by Miyako Kanamori. I can’t recommend it enough. The photography is lovely, the styling simple and charming and the instructions clear and easy to execute. Maybe because I’ve been knitting so much and knitting is so slow and involved this [...]
Tagged
I’ve been tagged by Carlene at knitsquirrel, to list 8 random facts…
1) As a kid I would spend all day in the summertime barefoot, running around town on the hot asphalt. My goal was to have feet with soles like leather. Now, I hate to be barefoot. Sometimes, I wonder if I’ve lost my courage [...]