• Patterns,  Process

    All the maths that are fit to knit

    I am working on a new pattern. I am just about done. (Yay!) The last thing I need is a good picture of one of my hats on an actual human. That seems to matter when selling hats. Go figure. Back to the pattern-making process though. In drafting patterns, and trying to be thorough and accurate, I have been struck by how much math is required. There is sizing, calculating proportions, stitches per inch and how they translate into this that and the other. It is a major stress point and one of the reasons this pattern-making thing moves slowly. On this last pattern I wanted to add some extra super-useful information. It…

  • Patterns

    A happy accident

    Sadly, the yarn I knit most of my Happy Sock samples in has been discontinued, which means I need to re-knit samples. This is not such a sad thing, though. It is a fun, fast sock to knit. While working on new samples of my Happy Sock pattern I stumbled upon a very happy thing. Most balls of 6-Ply sock yarn are 150 grams. There are a lot of leftovers. Not enough to make a second pair of socks (at least for my size 11 feet), but, there IS enough yarn to make a matching pair of mittens! Whee! I have chosen to make the sock pattern 3 sizes, which will…