The Details:

• Challenge will run from September 1st to November 1st.
• Post your finished entry in the Crafty Detour Ravelry Group or on the Challenge page. Be sure to mark it as an entry by using the following form:
  • Name:
  • New Technique Learned:
  • Outcome: (put text here: why did you want to learn this? did you have fun? post a picture)
• Prizes will be randomly drawn after the deadline.
• The more participants, the more prizes that will be available.
• Possible prize contents: yarn, notions, books, fiber, etc.
• The point of this is to challenge YOURSELF to learn something new and to HAVE FUN!

Again, feel free to post your progress/discussions/pleas for help/help for others in either of the two locations linked above. In Ravelry I will make a separate discussion thread and final entry thread.

Learning is fun, and so Ida and I have launched a new “project” over on Crafty Detour! It’s called Back to School CHALLENGE. Basically we are challenging YOU to challenge yourself. Learn a new knitting/crochet technique. Something you might have been afraid to try, or just haven’t gotten around to yet. Post your progress on the Crafty Detour page, or in the Ravelry group. Get support from your fellow learners and be entered to win some fabulous prizes!

More details to come soon – How long does this last? What are the prizes? etc.

I decided to make these short videos to help out with the “Seam as you go” technique used in the Tamarix Quilt. I rigged up my phone with a makeshift wearable tripod, and got to work. (Those iPhone bumpers really are good for something!)

Note about Part 2: I realized after I finally got a good recording for part 2 (these things require many takes), that I did it wrong. OK, not wrong, just that I tell you to pick up the held stitch before turning. In the magazine, I say to pick it up after turning (which is easier). Both ways produce the same result.

Let me know what you think. Also, feel free to join the KAL on Ravelry ~ Hope to see you there!

Hope you join me!

Tamarix

Strawberry is a summer shawlette worked in fingering weight yarn; perfect for chasing away the chill on cool summer evenings. The shawl is designed to be shorter but wider than the traditional triangle shawlette.

Strawberry

Strawberry

Strawberry

Special thanks to my two wonderful testers, Irina and Sairy!

Strawberry Strawberry is available on Ravelry (no account needed)! Ravelry Detail Page Purchase the pattern for $4USD

Luz Mojito

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This has been a secret project since the beginning of the year, actually the proposal submission was about a year ago. Let me tell ya, it’s been very hard to keep it hush hush. And now that it has become public, I have been shouting about it all over the internet. So here’s a sneak peek, a preview from Interweave.

(c) Interweave Knits

(c) Interweave Knits

I have also added it to Ravelry HERE.

Check out Crafty Detour for details!