Brooke and I recently finished the first shipment of the next round of our yarn club–and we are rather pleased with the results, if we do say so ourselves. The theme for this club round is Minis, as in mini-bar and mini-skeins. For our first shipment, we chose the theme Bombay Sapphire. It’s an aromatic gin inspired by the Star…
Month: March 2015
Paddy’s Pub!
My next limited edition batch of yarn for Jimmy Bean’s Wool went live today as part of their Micro-Brew series. Introducing worsted-weight Paddy’s Pub…. It’s 100% merino wool, each skein has approx. 215 yds/100g, and it knits as a typical worsted weight: about 4.5 to 5 sts per inch on US size 7-9 needle. There’s a special pattern download available…
Book look: Artistic Differences by Talitha Kuomi (with Classic Elite Yarns)
I recently was sent a review copy of a brand-new pattern book by the very talented Talitha Kuomi. If you watched The Fiber Factor, you’ll recognize Talitha as one of the contestants. She’s also had designs published all over the place, for magazines like knit.wear and KnitScene, for yarn companies like Classic Elite and Malabrigo, and on her own website.…
Adventures in overdyeing
One thing that’s hard to get used to in this industry is how far in advance we work. You finish something you’re excited about, you send it off, and months, maybe even a year, later it shows up in a book or magazine somewhere. Last year, I had the good fortune to work on an article along with an accompanying…
Preview: Rowan Magazine No. 57
We’re in the middle of what they claim is one last snowstorm of this long winter, so it’s a perfect day to turn our attention to something that will remind us of warm weather, sunshine and the historic vistas of Tuscany. Yes, this year the Rowan design team took to the beautiful Italian countryside to photograph the spring/summer magazine. (The…