Design Tips for the Disorganized Knitwear Designer
I read a blog post a while ago from the amazing Karie Westermann, where she described in detail her design process. I was so impressed by the love and care she poured into each design.
I read a blog post a while ago from the amazing Karie Westermann, where she described in detail her design process. I was so impressed by the love and care she poured into each design.
Recently, I found a little hole in the end of one of my mittens. A moth had gotten to it at some point in the last 8 years.
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.