Category Archives: yarn

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!”

Obligatory TNNA summer 2013 recap post!

The weekend before last I spent 5 days in Columbus, Ohio for the industry trade show of the year for all things fibery and needley.  We had a time. I roomed with the fabulous Andrea Rangel (who is pictured above and is the best at colors – check out this palette she rocked one day.)  And IContinue reading “Obligatory TNNA summer 2013 recap post!”

Twitter mystery KAL pattern revealed: Orthogonal!

Well the twitter mystery knit-a-long came to an end on Friday, and I think it was a success!  If you joined, I hope you had fun!  If you didn’t know about it in time, I plan to do it again in the future!  (Keep up with the leethal ravelry group if you want to knowContinue reading “Twitter mystery KAL pattern revealed: Orthogonal!”

What’s to come and some random bits…

Hope you are having a good holiday-ish week!  I am hanging at my parents’ house in Orange County for a couple weeks, hoping to get tons of knitting and ebook photo editing done, between silly times with my brothers and California adventures with my parents…  Just wanted to kind of check in here since notContinue reading “What’s to come and some random bits…”

Remixed!

You know how I’ve been mentioning since the beginning of the year that I’m working on an ebook?  Well, it’s a long process but there’s finally something ready to put out there into the world!  In the spirit of kickstarter campaigns, and other community supported projects, and because the knitting community is awesome, I’ve releasedContinue reading “Remixed!”