check it out!! for manymany years i’ve dreamt of someday being on the contributors page of one of my favorite magazines… i still can’t believe i’m there! and to be on that page in a magazine with amy sedaris on the cover! truly unbelievable! in college i thought my career would be photography, and iContinue reading “Craft: 10!”
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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!”
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!”
simple mary jane style booties, part 2!
update 4/14/09: i made some slight changes to the decreases in the pattern, which are in italics (some k2tog’s have been switched to ssk’s). the ravelry pdf, and download links here and on my pattern page have all been updated. pattern news! first, the patterns bar of my patterns + yarn page is up toContinue reading “simple mary jane style booties, part 2!”
haka: strappy flappy eared hat!
new pattern! i made sure to get this one done in time for holiday gift knitting, because it’s a suuuper quick knit!! i’ve worn the fuzzy handspun version to the last 2 craft shows i did and got tons of compliments, so i’m thinking it would be a good gift knit. the name, haka, meansContinue reading “haka: strappy flappy eared hat!”
my other blogging – tutorials and more!
hey i’ve fallen behind on showing you my craftstylish tutorial posts! so i’ll go back and tell you about the last 3 that i haven’t mentioned here… a few weeks ago i explained how to make my short-rows wavy hat with multiple yarns striping, both with 2 row wide stripes and 1 wedge wide sections.Continue reading “my other blogging – tutorials and more!”
new extra fun buttons!
now in the shop: recycled portland map buttons! they come from se portland walking maps found in mass quantity at scrap. since i have many maps, i am happy to take custom portland location button requests! the map is basically se out to 112th, but there is a little ne and a bit along theContinue reading “new extra fun buttons!”
zine overload and i knit a sweater!
the zine symposium was pretty awesome! here is what my cramped little half-table space looked like: while it felt similar to a craft show, it was pretty different from what i’m used to… i only sold small stuff – zines, buttons, patches – and i did a ton of swapping! i met a lot ofContinue reading “zine overload and i knit a sweater!”
Lee Does Stuff 