[Translate] Well, it appears that the response to Elementary has been much higher than I thought it would have been. Not only are there groups in Ravelry dedicated to the show and the fashion in it, there are all kinds of articles being written about the wardrobe designer of the show – Rebecca Hofherr. While Rebecca concedes that she gets most of the fashion items from regular stores, I think she has an incredible eye [more]
[Translate] If you’ve been following this blog for any length of time, you’ll know that I don’t talk politics – usually! Well, unfortunately something has been brought up that I feel I need to address, and also urge you as a knitter to speak out about as well. This is a summer Olympics year, and as such, Ravelry is holding their third knitting Olympics. This one is bigger and has quite a few more events [more]
[Translate] I was in one of the forums I belong to on Ravelry today and I saw this term – YINKs – Yarn I’ll Never Knit. My first thought was what a great term, which was quickly followed by have I got a lot of yinks! This gave me a great idea for what to do with my yinks. I’m going to put up a new gallery on this site that’s called yinks and it [more]
[Translate] Okay, I never went anywhere, yet, but with packing to move, the Star Trek convention, my 2 weekly knitting groups, AND the World Cup, it’s been a very busy week. Somewhere in there I managed to design a shrug pattern using the Barrington Braid (and others) as well and am now knitting that. I will have pictures and pattern information as soon as I finish it and have Anne do a test knit for [more]
[Translate] Any good piece of knitted fabric has to have a good edge. Whether it be knitted or crocheted, it the edge of the piece doesn’t look good, it doesn’t matter how good the main work is. Now that you know how to make a cabled braid any size you want (if you got the ebook that is), you might want to take a look at what to do on the outside of one of [more]
