BUSY MONTH! Patches, zines, new knitting patterns, seitan, and more!

I can’t believe it’s already mid-October! I wanted to first say, if you’re local here in Portland, there’s this awesome fundraiser street fair / art sale happening on Saturday and my new large patches will be for sale there!! It’s perfect for stopping by after the big downtown march—or instead of that if you preferContinue reading “BUSY MONTH! Patches, zines, new knitting patterns, seitan, and more!”

New on Patreon: Saucy Noodles/Rice zine! (with two free recipes)

I launched my paid patreon! And released the first thing to all paid tiers! See this post for details about the different tiers; there are four tiers, basically digital stuff with and without knitting patterns, and physical mailed packages with and without knitting patterns, so you can pick exactly what works for you. This cookingContinue reading “New on Patreon: Saucy Noodles/Rice zine! (with two free recipes)”

Remixed: Making Recycled Yarns ebook, including Rejuvenation hat pattern!

Look what’s here!  It’s the final piece of my Remixed collection (on ravelry here), the long-awaited Remixed: Making Recycled Yarns ebook, which is included with that collection (with 8 any-gauge accessory patterns) and also available by itself (on ravelry here). I think it’s worth the wait; I ended up putting a lot more into it thanContinue reading “Remixed: Making Recycled Yarns ebook, including Rejuvenation hat pattern!”

New pattern: Twou!

The first pattern in my Triyang collection (ravelry link) (besides the actual Triyang pattern) is out now!  Thanks for your patience, as this collection has been taking me a bit longer to get out to you than I’d originally hoped/expected… But Twou is out now, Vire will be out by the end of this week, and LiyContinue reading “New pattern: Twou!”

Happy 2016! Now I can reveal the leethal VIP club!

I brainstormed this idea late last summer I think, got super excited, and then was bummed I couldn’t actually do anything about it because I wanted it to be a full calendar year thing, and now hey, it’s the start of the calendar year!  The time is finally here!!  Introducing my BIG 2016 THING: SoContinue reading “Happy 2016! Now I can reveal the leethal VIP club!”

New pattern PDF: Insta-hat! Plus, Remixed poster!

(Temporary note: buy this now, by Sunday, for 50% to be donated to charity! See my previous post for details.)  New pattern re-release!  Insta-hat, now in re-written PDF format: If you follow me on Instagram (or other social media), you’ll probably remember the mystery knit-a-long I posted for free last December, as a holiday giftContinue reading “New pattern PDF: Insta-hat! Plus, Remixed poster!”

December donation drive + Remixed mega-update!

A few days ago, Bristol Ivy posted this message on instagram: I try hard not to get too political on here (with limited success sometimes) but right now I’m just worn out. Worn out by the violence, the sadness, the ignorance, the demonization, and the needless devastation happening all over the world. So I’m goingContinue reading “December donation drive + Remixed mega-update!”

In Triplicate!

New collection!  In Triplicate is a collaboration between me, Star Athena, Shannon Squire, and Blue Moon Fiber Arts.  There are 9 patterns, and they are all designed in the same yarn – Gaea Sport – in the same 3 colorways (Ochroid, Mica, and Lover’s Leap). I will be posting about each of my 3 patternsContinue reading “In Triplicate!”

News, timelines, and lots of design process ramblings

News for Oregonians!  For the first time this year, I’ll be teaching at Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival in Canby – and registration deadline is very soon!  Register online by this Saturday (Sept 5th) to ensure your spot.  If you miss that deadline, you can still come and sign up in person at the event, butContinue reading “News, timelines, and lots of design process ramblings”

New pattern: Triyang!

New pattern time! Triyang (ravelry link) is a garter stitch shawl, made any size with any weight yarn, with a fun modular construction – 3 narrow triangles are joined with short rows, increases, and decreases, no picked up stitches, to form a long, slightly asymmetrical triangle shape.  Only 2 stitches are cast on, and there’s noContinue reading “New pattern: Triyang!”