We interrupt this week to bring you rabbit holes...
No, not the kind you trip over or twist your ankle on in your garden...the Ravelry kind!
I fell down this one.....
and this one...
Along with a few others...
What did you "waste" time on this week?
~M
Friday, September 8, 2017
Sunday, September 3, 2017
Friday, September 1, 2017
More Love for Twined Vines!
I have to admit that my morning had a bit of a rocky start, but the day improved immensely around lunch time...first the good!
Twined Vines is one of the patterns featured on Knitting Patterns Galore and they tweeted about it! (Although I have to say...I think the pattern is easier than it looks, most of it is just knit, yarn over and central double decreases...there is one fancy stitch but there is a tutorial for that too!)
Seeing that people actually like the things I create really does a lot for my self esteem! Thank you to everyone who gave the pattern little hearts on Ravelry, or visited its page in Knotions!
But now for the rocky start to the day....
One of the knitters who is working on my Twined Vines Shawl found a mistake in a chart...actually it was worse than that...I had given the editor of the online magazine the completely wrong chart.
Luckily the knitter is taking part in the Knit Along that Knotions is holding in their group for anyone knitting any of the August issues patterns and asked for help and I check Ravelry every morning while I drink my coffee. Before I had finished that cuppa, a new chart was sent to the editor, who uploaded it immediately and the knitter doesn't even have to tink back or frog any stitches because the first row was the same on both charts! (Pheww, so glad the editor is up early in the morning...all this happened before 7 am her time!)
But this does bring up a point....what should you do if you ever find an error in my patterns? I can tell you what I would like you to do....
Tell me about it! You can contact me through the email address that is in each of my self published patterns, through Ravelry, even through the publication itself in cases like Knotions. While I cannot guarantee a two hour turn around every time (that is how long it took from when the knitter posted this morning to my getting up, seeing it and correcting it) rest assured I will respond to you!
~M
Twined Vines is one of the patterns featured on Knitting Patterns Galore and they tweeted about it! (Although I have to say...I think the pattern is easier than it looks, most of it is just knit, yarn over and central double decreases...there is one fancy stitch but there is a tutorial for that too!)
But now for the rocky start to the day....
One of the knitters who is working on my Twined Vines Shawl found a mistake in a chart...actually it was worse than that...I had given the editor of the online magazine the completely wrong chart.
Luckily the knitter is taking part in the Knit Along that Knotions is holding in their group for anyone knitting any of the August issues patterns and asked for help and I check Ravelry every morning while I drink my coffee. Before I had finished that cuppa, a new chart was sent to the editor, who uploaded it immediately and the knitter doesn't even have to tink back or frog any stitches because the first row was the same on both charts! (Pheww, so glad the editor is up early in the morning...all this happened before 7 am her time!)
But this does bring up a point....what should you do if you ever find an error in my patterns? I can tell you what I would like you to do....
Tell me about it! You can contact me through the email address that is in each of my self published patterns, through Ravelry, even through the publication itself in cases like Knotions. While I cannot guarantee a two hour turn around every time (that is how long it took from when the knitter posted this morning to my getting up, seeing it and correcting it) rest assured I will respond to you!
~M
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Still Over the Moon
I am still over the moon about how well my Twined Vines Shawl is doing.....and Knitters are starting to join us in a KAL in the Knotions Group....If you are thinking of knitting the pattern, now would be a great time to do so...next week I will be all over Ravelry pretty much all week! So if you have a question, or think that you need a little hand holding...you will be able to get pretty much real time access to the designer!
And while you are there, check out some of the project pages! (If you are me you will point at each picture and say I want one like that, and that, and that.....)
But, if you should miss me, or just want to learn a new technique...take a look at the tutorial for the cluster stitches with a crochet hook!
~M
Sunday, August 27, 2017
Not silent at all
Wow!
Flying on Cloud 9 now......
All I can say is..
Thank you!
More than 24 hours on the first page of Hot Right Now on Ravelry for my pattern.
Excuse me, but I need to remodel my house...I am going to need bigger doors to walk in beside my ego!
Flying on Cloud 9 now......
All I can say is..
Thank you!
More than 24 hours on the first page of Hot Right Now on Ravelry for my pattern.
Excuse me, but I need to remodel my house...I am going to need bigger doors to walk in beside my ego!
Saturday, August 26, 2017
Free Pattern Alert!
You always know I have something going on when I post on Saturday morning, rather than Friday night! Today is no exception...
Presenting :
Sometimes I just want to knit something that looks complicated, but really isn't! This shawl, with it's half-pi shaping is one of those knits. Predominantly it uses one type of decrease and yarn overs, with a single Estonian stitch thrown in every few rows. There is even a tutorial for an easy way to work that Gathered Stitch.
The one thing that has always bothered me with Pi or Half-Pi shaped shawls is that increase row (or round). The overall mesh patterning in this one, blends into that increase segment so that you don't notice it in the final shawl.
At the edge we add a few more types of stitches, and just a few beads (the way the pattern is written, but, if you want more, look at this project for inspiration for where to put them!)
My test knitters for this shawl did a fantastic job, not just with the actual knitting and feedback, but in keeping it a secret until yesterday when I finally gave them permission to share!
The pattern is written in two sizes, the cream one is Large (58 inch wingspan, 25 inch drop. [145 cm by 62.5 cm] )and is worked in a fingering weight wool and silk blend from Valley Yarns, Charlemont. I picked the knitted cast off for this version.....
This time I did a crochet chain bind off, like you would find in old fashioned doily patterns.
~M
Presenting :
Sometimes I just want to knit something that looks complicated, but really isn't! This shawl, with it's half-pi shaping is one of those knits. Predominantly it uses one type of decrease and yarn overs, with a single Estonian stitch thrown in every few rows. There is even a tutorial for an easy way to work that Gathered Stitch.
At the edge we add a few more types of stitches, and just a few beads (the way the pattern is written, but, if you want more, look at this project for inspiration for where to put them!)My test knitters for this shawl did a fantastic job, not just with the actual knitting and feedback, but in keeping it a secret until yesterday when I finally gave them permission to share!
The pattern is written in two sizes, the cream one is Large (58 inch wingspan, 25 inch drop. [145 cm by 62.5 cm] )and is worked in a fingering weight wool and silk blend from Valley Yarns, Charlemont. I picked the knitted cast off for this version.....
The blue is the smaller size (44 inch wingspan, 20 inch drop. [110 cm by 50 cm]) and is worked in a laceweight wool, silk and sparkly thread blend, Twinkle Lace from Unplanned Peacock.
This time I did a crochet chain bind off, like you would find in old fashioned doily patterns.
Size 4 (US) or 3.5mm for my metric friends, needles are used for both versions, but as with any shawl, gauge is not critical to obtaining a beautiful finished object!
You can get the pattern, for free, here on the Knotions website!
~M
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
WIPS
Sorry if you tried dropping by on Sunday to enjoy the silence...silence there was though! The weekend got away from me.
So instead let's play catch up!
What's on my needles?
Well, there is a sock...
And a blanket
And soon to be a shawl test knit for another designer.
There were two baby hats, really thick and quick baby hats...but they jumped off the needles already.
Other than that it has been writing and editing, testing and teaching, photography and silliness.
~M
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