FOs
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FO: hemlock tee
I’ve been enjoying following Me Made May again this year, but with how busy it’s been in my house – prepping for an international move, then a parental visit – trying to actively take part really hasn’t been practical. There definitely haven’t been many opportunities to actually create new items of clothing. I decided to… Continue reading
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stash less & thoughtful crafting
A month or two ago I discovered The Craft Sessions via the Woolful podcast, and it didn’t take long once I’d wandered over to the website for me to add the blog to my blog reader. Felicia lives in Melbourne, Australia, and founded The Craft Sessions as a way to provide opportunities for craft and fiber retreats in the Australian craft… Continue reading
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2-0-1-4
Tomorrow is my birthday. I’ve always liked how neatly the years of my life line up with the years on the calendar; there’s something very tidy about being the same age for an entire calendar year. I also haven’t had to throw myself a birthday party for years – I get to celebrate with the… Continue reading
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a quadrillion stitches
I remember moments from before I was a knitwear designer, particularly when I was in college (and probably putting off writing a paper), when I would be knitting something and think to myself, Wouldn’t it be awesome if I could just knit all the time? Wouldn’t it be great if that was my job? I don’t think I’m… Continue reading
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on knitting garments
Look familiar? As Kate has been wrapping up the work on her Yokes book, we’ve been emailing back and forth a fair bit. I realized in all this discussion of yoked sweaters that it had been ages since I’d worn my Owls (Kate’s first yoked design), and so I decided it was time to pull it out of the closet and… Continue reading
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the evolution of a sweater
I didn’t do a ton of knitting while I was in Norway, but a few days after I arrived I did cast on for a Svalbard, the ingenius cardigan pattern by Bristol Ivy from Wool People vol. 6. Norway felt like the right place to do it, because Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago, and I had decided to knit it… Continue reading
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school, snow, and a vasa update (sort of)
When I last posted two and a half weeks ago I had every intention of returning to more regular blog updates. While that obviously didn’t happen, I have been keeping busy. Not much of it directly pertains to Paper Tiger as a business, but I thought I might share some of it here all the same (Paper… Continue reading
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an FO!
May has been a quiet month for the blog, as I haven’t had much personal work to share. FOs have been thin on the ground lately, too, as I have about seven or more knitting projects going on at once (I really should finish something) and most everything else I’m working on is behind-the-scenes stuff, like… Continue reading
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finished faire du vélo
Back in November I wrote that I’d finished my Faire du Vélo bike sweater, which I started last June (I blogged about it here and here). I hadn’t gotten any finished photos yet because it really won’t be warm enough to wear it for a few more months, as I designed it with spring, summer, and autumn mornings… 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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