The hush, hush project made it into the mail in time and I just heard word that it was received in a town called Webster. Hana helped me block it when she was home sick with Strep throat.
design process
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I’ve been knitting fast and furious on my hush, hush project for the past week or so. I keep on having to wind more balls of yarn. This is encouraging—I’m over half way there!
Auspicious Beginnings
It is the new year—the Chinese New Year—and we just celebrated with a delicious meal at a favourite restaurant with my in-laws last weekend. At the end of last year I was experiencing some frustrations sourcing the perfect yarn for some upcoming projects.
Fog
We’ve been having uncharacteristically foggy weather for several days now. I think it’s affecting my memory. I still can’t find the yarn and now I can’t find a book I was given for Christmas.
Posy details
Now that Pretty as a Posy is released, I can tell you a little about it.
I wanted to design an easy knit with minimal shaping. Instead of decreasing for the armholes I decided that ribbing would also pull the fabric in making a narrower bodice and allowing the skirt to poof out.
Pretty as a Posy
It’s here! It’s released! I can now show you the secret project I was working on for One Planet Yarn and Fiber.
This little coat dress will have your favourite little girl stylishly dressed for years to come.
Secrets
I just heard from One Planet Yarn and Fiber. My new secret pattern is soon to be released. They are waiting on a new shipment of Lanas Puras Clarissa to be spun and dyed in South America.
What is Standard?
I’m very confused about standard sizes for kids’ sweater patterns. For my most recent design, I decided I would dutifully follow the recommendations by the Craft Yarn Council of America. Indie designers are definitely encouraged to follow the guidelines for their self-published patterns.
It’s still a secret
The secret project for One Planet Yarn and Fiber is out the door and has been received by the One Planet people. This is an excerpt from the email I received earlier this week:
Just wanted to let you know I received the sample [garment] yesterday.
Buttons Anyone?
I made a quick trip down to Dressew today. Anyone in the Vancouver area probably knows about this amazing store. It’s like the liquidation centre of all things sewing. They also have buttons, ribbons, trims, zippers, supplies, equipment, some craft items, and in recent years with the boom in the knitting industry some novelty yarn and knitting needles.
