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Back to the Needles

I haven’t been a very productive knitter this past year. It’s been quite a busy year with a new baby, plus I had yarn discontinued right as I was about to release a pattern in it. Twice. Twice in just the last 4 months. It all sort of killed my knitting and designing mojo.

But today I’m getting back to the needles. I had a lovely day to myself to drive out to Webs in Northampton, MA to do some shopping and planning (and eating because Northampton has AMAZING restaurants!!). I have seven different patterns outlined. My ambitious release schedule gives me 18 months to release them all. It’ll probably take more like two years, what with two small children at home, but I’m going to try hard to meet my initial release schedule.

The first two, both scheduled for this autumn, are my first men’s sweater and a boy’s cabled pullover. I designed the men’s sweater for my husband and I’m quite proud of it. It’s ready to photograph. This evening I showed the red yarn for the boy’s sweater to my 4 year old and he was very excited (red is his favorite color). I’ll be casting that one on this weekend.

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Getting Back in the Swing of Things

2015-08-13 20.50.07Now that my little guy is nearly 2 months old I’m starting to knit regularly again. In all honesty, I need to knit. It relaxes me and gives me a little bit of “Mommy Time” which I don’t get much of these days as I have an almost-4-year-old too.

So I’m currently planning what the next years’ pattern designs will be. Of course, things are bound to change, but I’m currently planning to work on the following designs, in no particular order:

  • women’s lace cardigan
  • men’s cable pullover
  • women’s version of my Kid Who Has Everything sweater (most requests we’ve ever had!)
  • lace headband
  • baby blanket (nearly complete)
  • toddler cabled sweater (nearly complete)
  • silk lace shawl
  • paper yarn lace shawl
  • gradient lace shawl

In addition, we’ll be appearing at craft fairs in southern New England selling patterns and hand-made knit items.

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Baby on the Way – Designing on Hiatus

2015-05-03WebAs many of you know, I’m due to have a baby in just 2 weeks.  We are very excited about this new addition to our family, but as you can imagine my knitting time will be severely curtailed for the next few months.

Basically, I’m taking the summer off of designing.  I have a few patterns queued up to release this fall/winter that have been in the pipeline for a while, so you will see new patterns from me over the next 6 months but I don’t plan on designing anything new until I start getting a decent amount of sleep again!

Thanks to all of you for your support and I hope you enjoy our current patterns until I’m able to release some new items.  On the plus side, I’ll now have a new model to photograph so more infant patterns may be coming your way for next Spring. 🙂

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Kid Who Has Everything Sweater

Here’s a new toddler sweater to share with you all. Made in a light-weight cotton, it can be worn as a layer in Spring and Fall, or as a jacket on cool summer evenings. It is classy enough to be worn on special occasions, yet casual enough to be paired with jeans on a cool day.

This project was inspired by a client who hired me to design & knit a gift for a friend’s child. The friends were a wealthy NYC couple and the new baby would want for nothing, so my clients thought a hand-made gift would be a good choice. Thus this classic sweater was born.

Available for purchase on Craftsy and Ravelry.

6sts x 8rows = 1 inch 2.5cm in Stockinette Stitch blocked loosely.
12m – 20” chest 50cm, 18m – 22” chest 55cm, 2T – 23” chest 58cm, 3T – 24” chest 61cm, 4T – 24.5” chest 62cm

Note:
In the 12m size there will not be enough stitches to fully complete the seed stitch panels on the front panels adjacent to the sleeves. After the first increase row you will be able to complete the seed stitch; after the second increase row you will be able to start the stockinette section between the seed stitch and the sleeves. Other sizes do not have this adjustment.

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Back from Break

Three new Patterns
Three new Patterns
Three new Patterns waiting to be finished

After taking a much-needed break over the holidays (and recovering from my annual Christmas bought of bronchitis), I’m back at it! I’ve got 3 new patterns in various stages of completion, plus and oldy-but-goody that never got released, all waiting for me to finish them up and release them.

I’m using three fun new yarns – the blue cabled sweater is in Cascade’s Ultra Pima Fine, 100% Cotton. The gray tweed sweater is Remix, a unique blend from Berocco of 30% Nylon, 27% Cotton, 24% Acrylic, 10% Silk, & 9% Linen. And lastly the socks are Plymouth Yarn’s Diversity, which is an acrylic/polyester blend.

And the best part – all three are machine washable!

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Christmas Cloche

IMG_0020_web600Meet our newest pattern, just in time for the holidays: our Christmas Cloche hat.

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This Santa-themed hat that can be easily be knit up in a weekend. Worked in a small Feather & Fan pattern, this would be a great first lace project because all the stitches you need to know are knit, k2tog and yarn over. Also makes a great gift!

Sizes:

infant 21” [53.5 cm] (toddler/pre-schooler 24”[62cm],
child 24” [62cm],
adult 24” [62cm],
large adult 28”[71cm]).  Model is wearing toddler.

Gauge

3.5” x .5” [8.8cm x 1.3cm] for one iteration of Feather & Fan Pattern

 

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Materials Needed

• 20 yds [18m](25 yds [22.8m], 25 yds [22.8m], 25 yds [22.8m], 30yds [27m]) white Bernat Holiday Handicrafter; 98% cotton, 2% metallic thread
• 52 yds [48m](90 yds [82m], 110 yds[100m], 130 yds [119m], 150 yds, [137m] )red Bernat Holiday Handicrafter; 98% cotton, 2% metallic thread

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Super Simple Fuzzy Sweater

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This is a super easy, super fast pattern. You can easily knit the smaller sizes in a day, the larger sizes in a weekend. With a gauge of 2.5 stitches per inch, you can see why!

Knit in the round from the bottom up to the arm holes; the front and back panels are knit, then joined. Finally, you pick up and knit the sleeves – there isn’t even any seaming involved, it’s so easy! And the fuzzy yarn is super soft against baby’s sensitive skin.

Has 6 sizes: Newborn, 3m, 6m, 12m, 18m and 24m

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Marshes Cabled Sleeveless Shell

IMG_5139_500New pattern release! Inspired by the ebb and flow of the salt water marshes of Cape Cod near where my grandparents lived, this sleeveless shell is worked in Classic Elite’s Firefly. The linen makes it breath beautifully during summer months and the slight sheen of the yarn gives it a feminine look. You’ll knit this sleeveless shell surprisingly fast as, aside from the front cabled panel, the whole shirt is stockinette stitch.

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cableCloseUpAn empire waist helps this shell flatter any figure. Sizes small, medium and large are given with a finished size of 37, 39 and 41 inch (94, 99, 104 cm) at the bust and 33, 35, and 37 inch (84, 89, 94 cm) at the rib cage.
The Cable pattern is charted and written out. This would make a great project for someone still unsure of their cabling abilities because there is only one large cable with which to gain confidence and the rest is stockinette.

 

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All knitting patterns are sold through third party sites Ravelry & Craftsy. With Ravelry, once payment is complete your pattern will be emailed to you immediately; you do not have to be a Ravelry member to purchase through Ravelry, but we highly recommend it as it is a vibrant community of knitting and yarn enthusiasts. With Craftsy, once payment is confirmed you will have a download link available from your Craftsy account.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Men’s Cabled Work Gloves

IMG_3844_cableCloseUp Worked in a tough cotton, these gloves are meant to be used then tossed in the washing machine.  Inspired by my in-law’s need to take care of their horses mid-winter in Ocala, Florida (which gets surprisingly cold), yet maintain the ability to use their fingers in delicate maneuvers, these fingerless gloves have a cable to give them some pizazz but in their essence these are work gloves.
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IMG_3845_600All knitting patterns are sold through Ravelry.  Once payment is complete, your pattern will be emailed to you immediately.  You do not have to be a Ravelry member to purchase through Ravelry, but we highly recommend it as it is a vibrant community of knitting and yarn enthusiasts.

 

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Toddler Socks

socks2_600 My son needed new, warm socks for this frigid New England winter and I had trouble finding anything besides a warm weather thin sock for sale in local stores – so I decided to knit some for him.

He even picked the “color” yarn!  These are super easy socks and knit up very quickly.  There’s nothing fancy.  If you can knit, purl and decrease (k2tog/ssk) you can make these.  Yes, you have to turn socks1_600the heel but it’s all written out for you.  The leg and cuff are a simple 2×2 ribbing so the sock won’t slip down the leg.

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7sts/inch gauge, pictured in Serenity Garden Yarn, Deborah Norville Collection, from Premier Yarns 100% Dralon Microfiber, color #800-04 “Gems”

socks3_600All knitting patterns are sold through Ravelry.  Once payment is complete, your pattern will be emailed to you immediately.  You do not have to be a Ravelry member to purchase through Ravelry, but we highly recommend it as it is a vibrant community of knitting and yarn enthusiasts.