This week I published a new shawl pattern called Field of Flowers. It’s a top-down crescent shawl, and it uses two skeins of assigned-pooling yarn. I used Monet’s Water Lilies on Sock Perfection for the sample, but any fingering-weight assigned pooling colorway will work. Here’s the front: …and here’s the back: It has assigned pooling… Read More Field of Flowers Shawl Pattern
Butterflies are like flying flowers, and I love them. A few weeks ago, I saw one of the little orange butterflies that flutters about in our backyard all summer long. This one was struggling along the sidewalk, and it looked like it had a hurt wing. It was getting cold out, so I let it… Read More Butterflies in Winter
First of all, I want to thank you if you already ordered an Advent calendar from me. I’m looking forward to getting started dyeing them up in just another couple of weeks. I’ve had a great response so far, but I do have room to dye a few more. If you have not ordered an… Read More Last Chance to Order Your Advent Calendar!
I have several things to show you this week. I have some project bags for you as well as a new button-down cowl pattern I just published. Also, the last day to order yarn for Deborah Bowanko’s Buds and Blooms Knit-Along will be this Saturday, August 10th. Before digging into each of these, I just… Read More Project Bags, a New Cowl Pattern, and the Last Day to Order Yarn for the KAL
Lately I have been sharing lots of assigned pooling colorways and patterns, but each time I do, a few people ask what exactly this assigned pooling thing is. I thought it would be good to explain what it is from the beginning. Assigned pooling is a fairly new technique that has taken the knitting world… Read More All about Assigned Pooling
Good morning, and happy Friday! Today I have some new curated sets of yarn made to go with some fabulous knitwear patterns. I also dug deep to find some assigned pooling patterns to crochet. Assigned Pooling Crochet Patterns I often feel like I don’t share enough in terms of patterns for all of you wonderful… Read More New Yarn Sets to Knit and Assigned Pooling Patterns to Crochet!
Good morning, and happy Friday to you! This week, I have been doing a lot of work on things I can’t show you–dyeing up club colorways and also turning big skeins of Stained Glass Sock into mini skeins for my Eight Days of Easter kits. I wish I could show both of those to you… Read More More Goodies – Starry Night and Silk Hankies
Good morning and happy Friday to you! Today I want to tell you about a new pattern I created called The Long Way Round. The irony is that I named it The Long Way Round before knowing just how long it would take me to get it designed and published. You may recall that I… Read More The Long Way Round
Good morning and happy Friday to you. I have been bursting with the news of today’s topic, and I’m so excited to share it with you. I also wanted to tell you a bit about last week’s DFW Fiber Fest. A Match Made in Heaven A few months ago, I discovered Dawn Barker’s amazing assigned… Read More A Match Made in Heaven – Assigned Pooling and Starry Night
Good morning and happy Friday! I hope you have had a great week. I have had such a fabulous time creating new colorways and playing with new ideas this week, and I’m excited to show you what I’ve been working on. On the docket for today are a new Van Gogh colorway, individual mini skeins… Read More Van Gogh, Mini Skeins, Assigned Pooling, a Call for Test Knitters, and Butterfly Yarn
