The pattern for Chasm, a 2-color brioche scarf, is now up on Ravelry! I worked on this during the Cat Bordhi retreat the first week of November and will be teaching it as an intro to brioche class at Happy Knits in Portland on Friday December … Continue reading
After causing many knitters confusion on the Thao Shawl setup chart, I’ve re-formatted it. The new and improved copy can be downloaded directly from the Happy Knits blog post on the Thao Shawl HERE.
Last week I was fortunate to be able to attend one of Cat Bordhi‘s fall knitting retreats. If you have not heard of Cat’s retreats, they are held at the beautiful Lakedale Resort on San Juan Island in Washington State. Throughout the retreat … Continue reading
Generally, I post about my own original design projects here, but lately have been knitting projects from other’s patterns. My latest (and to date, favorite!) sweater is Cityscape by Laura Chau, published in Twist Collective Fall 2010. However, I wanted to personalize mine, … Continue reading
Last summer I came up with an idea for a garment that would be part wrap part cardigan. Life came up and I ended up side-tracked from it for a few months, then part way thru November decided to get … Continue reading
This weekend I am starting on a new shawl design, that will be a free pattern offered thru Happy Knits’ in the next couple weeks. As you can see in the photo, it starts at the top with a garter … Continue reading
This weekend Jessa and I went down to Santa Clara, CA for Stitches West. We found tons of great yarn to bring back to Portland and try out. Met some fantastic friends from Ravelry. We drove our enormous rental car, which we … Continue reading
I am working on a semi-circular shawl inspired by the swirling shape of a nautilus. It has 5 segments that increase along their left edge to create a swirl. The prototype was made using Cascade Epiphany (alpaca, silk & cashmere) … Continue reading
The Heidi Mountain Scarf was designed to be used with slowly color changing yarns like Knit Picks’ new Chroma or Crystal Palace’s Mochi+. It is knit on the bias with every few rows of stockinette interrupted with a row of dropped yarn overs … Continue reading
My latest design is the Chalet Brioche Cowl done in Malabrigo Chunky. It begins and ends with 1×1 ribbing and in between is a soft and squishy brioche rib for an even more oversized look. It was named after the Chalet portion … Continue reading