Monthly Archives: April 2010

Thanks

I want to thank everyone that has queued or hearted Nancy & Judy over on Ravelry. I’m so glad you liked it! I will be wearing it (I hope it’s not too hot) this Saturday to the Maryland Sheep and … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday 4.28

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Nancy & Judy

The culmination of Design Series, Nancy & Judy emerge as a shawlette of sisters. Stitch patterns from Barbara Walker’s Treasuries inspired and transformed into alternating sister sections of a shawl. Both made from the same essential twisted stitches but expressed … Continue reading

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Design Series: Publishing

Welcome back for the final week of Design Series. For this last post, I will get more in depth about publishing. I want to expand upon one thing I mentioned briefly last week: the use or creation of a pattern … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday 4.14

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Design Series: Testing & Tools

Welcome back again. This week’s post is going to be a little brief as I have been quite sick lately. During the knitting of my prototype I start to type a rough draft of the pattern. This I send off … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday 4.7

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Design Series: Q&A – Charts/Copyright

Ida asked: First, you mentioned using graph paper. Do you use graph paper that is especially made for knitting (since the squares of the regular don’t always mesh up)? Also, do you ever use chartmaking software, like KnitVisualizer? Why or … Continue reading

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Design Series: Prototyping

Thanks for stopping in again for this week’s installment of Design Series. This past week, and as hinted at, the week before, I have been busily trying to knit this shawl pattern. The first knitting is something I call a … Continue reading

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Design Series: Q&A – Sizing

Daniella asked: [I] would love to know how you go about sizing a garment pattern. When I was planning this series, I almost chose to do a sweater pattern. I think for new designers, creating a pattern that requires sizing … Continue reading

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