knitting
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interweave knits holiday gifts 2013
The 2013 issue of Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts is out today – yes, it may seem early to be talking holiday, but if you’ve ever tried to knit your whole family Christmas gifts, you know September’s not that early to start at all – so you should pick yourself up a copy at your nearest purveyor of… Continue reading
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knit fit! and a vasa knitalong
Have you been thinking about knitting Vasa? Then it’s the perfect time to head over to Ravelry and join the September knitalong hosted by Holland Road Yarn Co. of Wellington, New Zealand! Of course, the southern hemisphere is heading into their spring, which makes it the perfect time for southern hemisphere knitters to cast on, but if you live in… Continue reading
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a visit to skacel
This blog is quietest when I am at my busiest behind the scenes. I have so many patterns lined up for release this fall and winter, which means I’ll have a ton to share in two or three months, but not so much to share just this moment. I have a few patterns being published… Continue reading
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faire du vélo
Today’s the first day of the Tour de France, so it feels like the perfect day to share my main WIP of the moment. If you follow me on Instagram, you know I got a bike recently: Since Paper Tiger moved out of the apartment and into a proper workspace, I decided a bike would… Continue reading
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サマーソニック
Back in March I blogged about a sweater I was knitting by a Japanese designer named Michiyo. It went on the back burner for a little bit while I worked on the pattern and knit the samples for Amiina as well as my upcoming pattern (which should be ready in a week or two), but as you… Continue reading
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sunny sample knitting
Instagram photos are a poor excuse for blogging, I know, but on a sunny day like this in Seattle it was too hard not to take my work outside. Fortunately for me, I knocked out a bunch of bookkeeping/business-end work I needed to get done in the morning, so I had a chance to get… Continue reading
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inspiration: michiyo
I’m still putting together my posts on Sydney and New Zealand, but in the meantime I’ve been working on several knitting designs (it’s submission season for everyone’s fall/winter collections). I really enjoy the process of putting together a design submission for a publication, but it does mean lots of sketching and swatching and not a… Continue reading
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