Alrighty, the inaugural year of Project Yarnway over on Ravelry.com has come to an end with the official deadline to post your 5-piece collection by today, Februrary 28, 2011. Voting will start on March 1st and will last for 2 … Continued
I am so flattered by being picked for a Knitting Daily Blog entry titled: Fabric Engineering. It explains in more detail the shaped intarsia (or diagonal intarsia) technique that I’ve used for my Hourglass Pillows in the Interweave Knits Spring … Continued
The slip stitch technique is most likely best know for its ability to allow a knitter to design some fancy color work that requires the knitter to work with only one color per row/round at a time – no stranded … Continued
Hat 1: Flower Fez Linen st slip st with variegated yarn Braided trim cast on flat top hat Hat 2: Bobble-5 slip st cables bobbles Hat 3: Sky Scraper mosaic slip st for vertical lines
Zooming right along with my second piece for my 5-piece collection for the final challenge of Project Yarnway over on Ravelry: My first hat, Flower Fez, used a “Linen Stitch” slip stitch and variegated yarn. This time, I wanted to … Continued
As usual, it is high time for me to get started on my entries for the final challenge of Project Yarnway. Even though I didn’t physically knit anything yet, my mind and pencil have been busy with coming up with … Continued
Happy Valentine’s Day to all! How could I let Valentine’s Day pass without a craft project?! After doing lots of work for others over these past couple of weeks, it was time to spend an itsy bitsy time on me. … Continued
Yippee, the preview is up for the Interweave Knits Spring 2011 issue and my Hourglass Pillows are part of the great pattern collection! 🙂 “Hourglass Pillows”: Interweave Knits Spring 2011 I love color work and I am always looking to … Continued