craftstylish celebration month tutorials and more

oh hello there world. i’ve been so out of everything lately, it’s been a weird last couple of weeks.  pete had a semi-emergency surgery a week ago and has been home recovering since, so i’ve been working less than usual, and things like blog-reading and twitter-following almost not at all, so i’m pretty detached.  we’veContinue reading “craftstylish celebration month tutorials and more”

stuff dump – buttons and knitting

hi! it’s been quite a busy week around here! i just wanted to post a bunch of randomness to keep updated around here… so first of all, my button post for last week on craftstylish was 3 different scarf remake projects – making boring fringed scarves into different styles of buttoning scarflets… i scored withContinue reading “stuff dump – buttons and knitting”

catching up… 2 things now

well this post was supposed to happen on monday, but i woke up monday morning with a horrible cold – i’ve been sick more in the last few months than any other winter, no good!  i was couch-ridden through wednesday, then thursday and yesterday were spent slowly catching up on work that should have beenContinue reading “catching up… 2 things now”

new leethal pattern: skoodlet!

it’s here!  i got super consumed with getting this pattern done and released as quickly as i possibly could while it’s still cold, and here it is! about three weeks after first sketching out the concept, and many sections frogged and redesigned throughout the process.  it’s my first pattern i’ve ever had test knit –Continue reading “new leethal pattern: skoodlet!”

flared hat pattern: for sale now with proceeds to outside in!

whoa 3 posts in 3 days, so unlike me!  i meant to get this out here sooner, but here it is now… this pattern was originally part of the yay, you voted! pdf giveaway, which is over now, so since i wrote the pattern up for that purpose, i wanted to use the pattern forContinue reading “flared hat pattern: for sale now with proceeds to outside in!”

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!”