vortex! and a journey through my design process…

surprise! the secret pattern i thought i’d get to share with you when the spring knitty went up in march just got released today as a surprise in the winter issue!  so exciting! there are two different versions – with a point, and without (although the no-point version does have a little bit of aContinue reading “vortex! and a journey through my design process…”

winter sickness, go away! i’m done with you!

well well well it’s been awhile. sorry about that.  so that cold i had around the holidays left, i was all healthy, then ten days ago i got hit with a fever and a whole different crappy cold that still hasn’t left completely.  i spent about six days on the couch with the energy toContinue reading “winter sickness, go away! i’m done with you!”

free pattern: waving chevron scarf!

this one has been in the works for quite some time, i’m so happy to release it!  super simple, it’s a basic garter stitch scarf with some increases and decreases forming the waving shape and chevron point, and 3-color striping to make it pop! this sample uses 3 shades of malabrigo worsted merino and sizeContinue reading “free pattern: waving chevron scarf!”

bad movie bingo!! for sale now!

update 2/10/09: the official bad movie bingo website has just gone up!  badmoviebingo.net! ok if you follow me on twitter you’ve been hearing about this for a long time now, and i wanted to release it much earlier, but i’m happy to at least have it up by xmas (barely!) so you could play itContinue reading “bad movie bingo!! for sale now!”

quicky gift idea – before and after photo

this is a gift i gave my parents a couple years ago, pre- do stuff!, and when i saw it here at the house i thought it would be a good project to share. i’m sure i saw the idea somewhere else, but i don’t know where. you could either make it in a photoContinue reading “quicky gift idea – before and after photo”

experimental sleeve dyeing!

i’m sitting on my parents’ couch right now in southern california, sick with a stinkin’ cold, blah, so i haven’t had the energy to get some things done that i wanted to have done by now.  but i think i do have the energy to write this belated post.  last weekend was my experimental sleeveContinue reading “experimental sleeve dyeing!”