I did not post this earlier.
I am so so in love. I found double knitting with Kauni. The ideas and possibilities have flooded my head and I may never be the same. This is the first scarf in what I know will be a series.
Lookit what that yarn does!!!! Ok, breathe Katie. You can only design and knit so fast. This will be available when the pattern is finished with the testing process. God I love this!
Yay! I am getting a lot of positive feedback. Even though it is nothing fancy, the design is pleasing. It is simple knitting, repetitive, and the pattern can be memorized. All good things.
Work in progress. It is coming together faster than I had thought, which of course makes me happy. I am hoping for testing next week.
Remodeling. Takes. Time. Then comes moving back into the space. Then comes finding all the lost stuff. DX. I am looking forward to Fall when all things stabilize *crossed fingers*.
F-f-f-finally got around to adding a portfolio page to my website. It is not complete, but oh so much better! I have 3 of my patterns posted. The others are going through updates and revisions. It f-f-f-feels real good to get this done. My website is starting to look real! Check it out!
I am pleased to get all these done tonight. 5 sets of 10 simple markers, and 6 sets of ssk/k2tog markers. On the second item, I made the beads, and managed to print them 2 sided. Next up will be drafting a few new designs. That which is in my head is having a wee bit of difficulty making it intact onto my computer. I will persevere.
Another doodle has produced a fun charm. A wee coffee cup with a heart to warm your knitting. Enjoy!
Merry Xmas tags
I was doodling and came up with a fun tree. I drew it up in Illustrator, and added a Christmas flair. They made great gifts this year. I will be refining them, and doodling more, to come up with a greater variety of images. I am very pleased with how these turned out! Shrink film is not a very forgiving medium, thus the warp on the large one. I have come up with ways to work around this, though. I have even managed 2-sided printing. We will see if I can get these up to my standards for commercial use.
I have not been doing much design of late. I am caught up in way too many personal projects. I am enjoying myself, and the final projects will be fabulous. The finished ones ARE fabulous! Below is an unfortunately long list of what I have been doing.
SImple Woodsy
This shawl is the Simple City, made from one Crazy Zauberball. I wear this a lot. It is small, the perfect colors for me, and oh so stylish. I think I want a gazillion of these, one for every outfit! And it is called Simple Woodsy because that is where I live, pretty deep in the bush.
A Plethora of Pencil Cases
These pencil cases were a Christmas gift made for all of my nieces and nephews. I am very pleased with how they turned out. I reinforced the inside with pvc so that they would last a while, and filled them with markers, pencils, and erasers.
The young padwan's winter robes
This is Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Bog Jacket, Modified for the young Jedi-in-training. This is the outer tunic, thus the lack of sleeves. I will be adding sleeves, but I will make it look like an inner tunic. I think there are belt loops and a belt coming too, so that he has a place to hang the all-important light saber.
Babydoll & Lace Cardigan
This is the pattern “Hey Teach” free from Knitty.com. I have chosen to knit it with 3/4 sleeves. In browsing all the projects on Ravelry, I have concluded that to look good it has to fit snug, and the ribbing must hit just under the bust. We will see how I do. I am knitting it in a slightly heavy aran weight yarn requiring that I redraft the size a bit to compensate. I was wondering if I would have enough yardage, but it now seems that I will have leftovers. Go figure.
Dale of Norway snowflake sweater
This sweater made me cry. I started it 5 years ago, and could not knit it without excessive puckering. Mom was courageous and knit the sleeves and body. It gave her quite a bit of trouble too! I guess this Triplex yarn was just too boingy to do this well. I made it up and knit the neck. It is blocked and drying. Now that it is finished though, it will be a pleasure to wear!
Watered Steel Cardigan Swatch
I got 1/5th of the way done on this sweater, the Watered Steel Cardigan, and found that it was at least one size too big. It has been on time out for a few months. I will finish it (insert determined expression here). The yarn I chose, Three Irish Girls Kells sport weight, is wonderful, and the deep deep blue is so rich. I knit far enough to know that this pattern works very well with the yarn. Back on the horse with me!
Geodesic Cardigan
This cardigan, the Geodesic, turned out very well! It took me close to a year to finish. I had to let it rest for about 5 months to work on class knitting. When I finally finished and blocked it it fit perfectly. I love the drape and feel of a cardigan this light. I will do this sort of thing again.
Right after publishing this hat and getting it up on Ravelry, my computer crashed in a bad way. It was about 10 days (it felt like eternity) before I got what I needed to fix it. Now that I am b-a-a-a-a-k, I can officially announce my hat!
SB2, Rasta version
SB2 Indie version
The first hat was knit with Malabrigo’s Rasta, an amazing hand painted super-bulky single. The second is in Sirdar’s Indie, a soft blend in very interesting colorways. It has been very popular, which makes me very happy. It is up on Ravelry (check it out!), and at my LYS Yarn Harbor in Duluth.