I recently sat down with Natalie with the podcast Cloudy with a Chance of Fiber and recorded an interview talking a little about my designs! It can be heard thru iTunes and directly on the Cloudy with a Chance of Fiber … Continue reading
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
A Ravelry group has been started as another place to get information on my designs. If you’ve not already, head over to the group and join and take a look around! Melinda VerMeer Designs group on Ravelry
With Fall knitting starting, I will be offering my patterns purchased thru my Ravlery Pattern Store for 20% off for the month of October as part of the Malabrigo Stockpile 2011 event! To receive the discount, enter “malabrigo” at checkout. To date, … 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