Hello all! It looks like my Visconti Shrug pattern has taken a sudden leap toward release! In order to prepare, I want to provide a blog tutorial on its construction, so that I can include the link to the post in the pattern itself. Everything about this shrug is beginner level, except for some …
Holding Pattern
I write in the midst of a crushing migraine, so forgive me if I keep this post short and sweet! There is so very much going on right now in my tiny little world of knitwear design (also in global terms, but let's just set that aside for a moment). I'm hoping, in more or less a month from now, to …
Circular Cast On
I’m getting a little ahead of myself here, but I am SO EXCITED to have finished all ten designs for my fall collection! I can’t wait to release these new designs (hopefully early in September), but in the meantime, I’d like to share a tutorial that will be helpful for one of these designs. As an …
Busy-ness
These past few weeks have been unreasonably busy. I say unreasonably because I'm not even working at my full-time position at the moment. And yet, the to-do list keeps growing and growing, and there is a never-ending stream of tasks to fill my time, some fun, some less so. There are documents to …
Summer Lopi
Mid-June feels like a strange time to be thinking about Icelandic Lopi, one of the thickest and warmest wools on the planet. Then again, everything feels strange right now, so I'm going to go with what works. We've been busy here knitting Lopi sweaters in preparation for the fall and winter, when …