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If you’ve read my previous posts you know that I use Excel a LOT in my pattern making and you also know that I tried very hard NOT to use Excel in my pattern making until I realized how versatile and easy it was to use. I’ve had some requests from friends and local knitters to share some step-by-step …
A few months ago I started seeing posts on Facebook from a friend/ former zoo co-worker about one amazingly cute baby hippo named Fiona. She was born prematurely at the Cincinnati Zoo and subsequently had to be hand raised by their amazing care staff. The zoo was posting photo and video updates regularly to let everyone follow along and cheer Fiona on. Thus the hashtag …
Why design one massive double-knitted scarf based on a beloved, best-selling, magical universe, when you can design two?! Before my needles were cold from “Always…” (actually when I was still on the first chart of my HP scarf) I started thinking about “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”. I had just gone to see JK Rowling’s newest magical venture on opening weekend in 1920’s inspired attire (of course). …
Armed with my first pattern design ever, I started knitting in November of 2016. I wanted to finish by spring so that once I posted the pattern to Ravelry, anyone who wanted to try the pattern themselves would have time to finish it before the next winter (yep knitters got to think waaaaay ahead!) And …
After giving away 2 scarves, totaling 156,400 stitches and 9+ months of work, and finishing the Mantle of Fierce Majesty, I decided it was time, finally, to make a scarf for myself. To invest that much time, however, I knew it needed to be something I truly loved. And though many fandoms could claim that …
With double knitting under my belt, but the squares not yet all done, I embarked on a journey with Bilbo Baggins by knitting “There and Back Again”, a GORGEOUS pattern by Frivolite Handcrafts on Ravelry. It follows the story of the Hobbit by JRR Tolkien. My mom was a huge Tolkein fan as well …
I tied the knot and moved half-way across the country to Nebraska and thanks to my amazing new group of knitting friends at the Wooly Mammoth, I stayed excited and supported as I tried new things. Brief Emotional Interlude: Knitting groups have become crucial to my social well-being whenever I move to a new city. …