A few months ago I got an amazing package in the mail: That’s six braids of Malabrigo’s merino roving, aka Nube. In colorways: Mostaza, Piedras, Plomo, Arco Iris, Persia, Glitter. The lovely people at Malabrigo contacted me when they released the roving, knowing that I’m a designer/blogger who spins, asking me if I had any favorite colorways… I gaveContinue reading “Malabrigo merino roving!”
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Year coming to end announcements and future pattern release stuff…
Wow this season has gone by fast, hasn’t it? It’s been below freezing here in Portland for the last several days, so it’s really feeling like autumn times are over and we are full on into winter, regardless of what the calendar might say. I am hard at work, dividing my time between multiple designContinue reading “Year coming to end announcements and future pattern release stuff…”
New (free!) pattern: Superduper in Knitty!
Have you seen the new Knitty yet? That’s me on the cover! Whoa!! Very exciting! My pattern is pretty bonkers, but only because of the yarn, which I feel like shouldn’t even be called “yarn”… it needs some other name… It’s The BagSmith Big Stitch Merino, and it knits up on size US 36 (20mm)Continue reading “New (free!) pattern: Superduper in Knitty!”
Thanksgiving sale weekend: Print Pattern Packages (with digital downloads) on sale!
Remember when I used to sell full-color printed booklets of my patterns through MagCloud (and also self-distributed to yarn shops)? Maybe you don’t, but yeah, I did used to do that… it was a lot of work and not many people were interested, so I stopped, and now I only sell a couple of collectionsContinue reading “Thanksgiving sale weekend: Print Pattern Packages (with digital downloads) on sale!”
Unbroken hat(s) in Holla Knits!
Have you seen this season’s Holla Knits Accessories? It launched a couple weeks ago, and I have a hat in the collection! Here’s Unbroken (on ravelry / on leethalknits): It’s a simple-ish hat in two different styles – a stockinette stitch fitted cloche, and a garter stitch slouchy style hat. When making this hat, inContinue reading “Unbroken hat(s) in Holla Knits!”
Color by Number: a pattern set within Coloring Book
The final pattern in my Coloring Book collection is actually a mini-collection itself! Color by Number (on ravelry) is an extremely customizable pattern, with seven sample items to show how varied you can get with the pattern, and then patterns for each of those seven samples so you can copy them exactly if you want to.Continue reading “Color by Number: a pattern set within Coloring Book”
Scribbled Lines: scarf and headband from Coloring Book
The third pattern from the Coloring Book collection is Scribbled Lines, a simple shape for any weight yarn, with a fun stripy slip-stitch pattern, some short-row wedges, and ties on both ends. It can be made as a long scarf… …or as a short scarf which ties on to make a cowl… …or small andContinue reading “Scribbled Lines: scarf and headband from Coloring Book”
Pigment: a shawl pattern from Coloring Book
Next design up in the Coloring Book collection is Pigment! (here on ravelry) It’s an asymmetrical triangle shawl in squishy garter stitch, with a dot pattern meant to be worked in lots of different colors: The dots are made with slipped stitches, so there’s no stranded colorwork, and the construction is extremely simple, compared toContinue reading “Pigment: a shawl pattern from Coloring Book”
Misanga: a hat pattern from Coloring Book
The first pattern in the Coloring Book collection: Misanga! (on ravelry) It’s a hat in any weight variegated yarn, custom fit to any size, worked from the top down with a slip-stitch body pattern and a sideways-knit modular brim. The way the stitch pattern looks is dependent on the colorway of your yarn, since theContinue reading “Misanga: a hat pattern from Coloring Book”
Coloring Book collection!
Coloring Book is out! It’s a collection of colorful designs in Malabrigo yarns, for the Malabrigo Freelance Patterns Project, all using stripes and slipped stitches – no stranded knitting or intarsia – and tricks to keep your yarns neat on the back side, and weave in ends as you knit to minimize your finishing! (onContinue reading “Coloring Book collection!”
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