Patterns

Those Calendar Men!

[Translate] The boys are back in town! Well, the calendar boys that is! Actually, the calendar MEN! That’s right, it’s time for the 2015 It Takes Balls To Knit Scarf Calendar. Once again this year we have a 13 month calendar featuring  13 scarves, 13 patterns, 13 men, and not much else. This year we are also featuring guest designer Laura Patterson of Fiber Dreams who has designed 5 of the scarves in the calendar. Also this year, we have partnered with Kollage Yarns, who have generously supplied all the yarn for the scarves in the calendar. The scarves […]

Knitting in the Shadows … Part II

[Translate] If you missed the first part of Shadow or Illusion knitting, you’ll want to scroll down the page and read that post before jumping into this one, or you’ll be a little confused. In the last post we talked about what Illusion Knitting was and how you create the effect of stripes and a graphic in your knitting when viewed at different angles. Today we’re actually going to chart the graphic of the Olympic rings that we were looking at. In actuality, it’s already charted. What we need to do now is clean up the chart (fix and […]

Barrington 3.0 Pattern is here …

[Translate] I’m pleased to say that the pattern for the Barrington 3.0 is up! I’ll make this a very short and sweet post, as I think I’ve said everything I need to in the other previous posts. A special shout out to the peeps that made this possible … Amy Rampfl for her great photography work – check her out here … Amy Rampfl Photography Sarka, Eileen, Mitch, Stephanie, and Dino – you are the best models ever!!! Stephanie – for adding additional wardrobe options. You can check out her site here – Devil May Wear! Jacquie Howard – […]

Barrington 3.0

[Translate] I’ve been a little busy over the last month organizing a photo shoot for the 3rd incarnation of the Barrington Braid scarf. Yesterday, with the help of Amy Rampfl we completed that little journey during a photo shoot of the new design. In the beginning it started out as just a cowl version of the scarf. However, because of the yarn that I used this time around, it turned out to be much more. Stay with me for a second here … You may have heard me rant in the past that manufacturers need to increase the size […]

Planning for the finish ..

[Translate] The secret to any successful project implementation is good planning. Knitting a sweater (or any other garment) is very much the same. Unfortunately, it took me years of knitting before I realized this, and as a result, my first few sweaters could have been made a lot better. I’m not lamenting the past, just reflecting on the fact that had I had someone telling me certain things, well, I would definitely have more sweaters that I would be proud of wearing. So it is with this thought in mind that I write this post, and hopefully some of […]