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
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
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
What a cute pair of caps! It’s a slip stitch pattern, knit with the same two colors but in reverse order. And look how different they are! It shows that it pays to play with your color combinations… Found somehow … Continued
Yippee, I’ve qualified for the final challenge of the “Project Yarnway” on Ravelry! For this final round the description reads: …to design and produce a five piece collection. [..] The only stipulation is that the pieces must belong together in … Continued
I just love the Fall season because that means it’s time for color work and cables. Yippee! When the new Project Yarnway September challenge “Life imitates Art” got posted, I had such a hard time deciding what piece of inspiration … Continued