I love giving stuff away. I need to do it more often. Definitely. The winner for the Berlioz/Swoolk contest is Kimberley: So congratulations to Kimberley - I shot you an e-mail to get your information - and thanks everyone for playing along. Back to stocking knitting ...
...that you have to comment on the Berlioz blog post if you want a chance to win the gorgeous Swoolk yarn from Fiddleknits. I will be closing comments and drawing a winner first thing tomorrow morning! The stockings are actually coming along - believe it or not. The first one is done - here's ...
Back in the beginning of the year, I had an idea. One of the parts of designing that is difficult for me is coming up with names. I was watching "Sleeping With The Enemy" and Julia Roberts was talking about how Berlioz gave her chills. And not in a good way. And me, with my ...
Yep, the crazy. I've got it. It might be contagious. Christmas is three weeks away, and I've decided that I need to design and knit stockings for the entire family. Including the dog. I'm a lunatic. I am trying to minimize the crazy though. I'm knitting them in Lamb Pride's Bulky. So the cast-on is only ...
No, not bars like places to drink too much - bars as in the opening bars of a song. It's a musical thing, not a beer-swilling thing. Although a margarita sounds good right about now. It's nearly five o'clock. But I digress. Today I had to figure out the best place in my new house to ...
I've been branching out - trying to submit some of my work to online and print magazines. It's hard for me, because A. I fear rejection and B. I have no patience. Magazines of any kind take so long to come to fruition. But this is kind of worth it, yes?
I can't believe the Seven Songs collection is nearly done. I've learned so much and had such a neat time designing these shawlettes. But now it's down to the wire. The design for the final song is pretty well set in stone - swatching in leftover yarn has been done, I just have to ...
Rachmaninoff is finally available for purchase! This is the sixth of the Seven Songs, and I'm very much in love with how it turned out. It uses the gorgeous Paca Peds yarn with the heel-toe skein from The Alpaca Yarn Company. ...
I have a problem. When it comes to certain things I am a crazy perfectionist. I dismiss a lot of really awesome design ideas because I feel like they are not good enough. Of course my "curse" has not led me to become a crazy famous knitting designer. It actually hurts me.
What? We're having turkey tonight, not chicken. Easiest dinner ever. Throw a mess of rice in the rice cooker. Brown up a pound or so of ground turkey with garlic, cayenne, chili powder, salt, pepper, and some Braggs or soy sauce to taste. Throw in a few good handfuls of fresh green beans chopped small ...
