Knitting Design

Michelle Obama’s been out on her book tour lately, and she said something that really struck me: she still struggles with imposter syndrome.

I don’t pretend to be some sort of tastemaker here on Ye Olde Internets, but I do spend an awful lot of time here and see a lot of neat stuff. I thought it would be nice to use my Friday posts to highlight groups of cool things I see online, whether they’re patterns, notions, knitflixing material, good audiobooks, or other things I think my knitter friends might enjoy.

This week: six recently-released mitten patterns I’m drooling over!

Just about 11 years ago, I was working out my very first knit stitches. It was something I learned fairly quickly and easily, and by Christmas 2007, I was so hooked that I was garter stitching away on the plane flight home from Boston to California. It was perhaps the best holiday gift I ever received.

The other day, I was at the beach with little C, working on a knit shawl while she built sandcastles next to me. It was a beautiful day, sunny, the sparkly ocean just feet away. Then, along came a random dude, shirtless and swigging from a 40oz beer.

The Laurel Hat is knit with worsted-weight yarn and features alternating segments of lacy leaves and berry-inspired bobbles. It’s a great knit for transitional weather, …

Lately, Little C has been very interested in putting her toys into carriers – buckets, lunchboxes, grocery bags, purses, you name it. I had some yarn sitting in the stash that’s been waiting to be used, so I decided to see what I could whip up for her. 

For the first time, I thought I would properly chronicle the process of making a new sweater, from the beginning of the design process all the way through to the end. The next sweater design I’m working on is a short-sleeved, fall-appropriate sweater with a round yoke and some pretty lace detail.

If you’re a knitter who doesn’t end up ogling knitting gear on the regular, well then, I don’t even know what to do with you. Me? I’m an incurable online window shopper.

A few months ago, I found myself in a knitting emergency. It was a Saturday morning at the office, and I was about to walk into a mandatory three-hour training session. There was just one problem: in my rush to get out the door that morning, I’d forgotten my knitting project at home. 

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