A few months back Margery was coming up on a "birthday worth noting" and a few of us who love her wanted to mark the occasion by knitting a little something. Thus the idea for this afghan was born. Granted, it was a rather insane thing to take on in December, right before Christmas, and with… Continue reading M’s birthday blanket
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Thanks Becky!
We are very lucky to have Becky as an intern in our design office for the Spring semester. We work her hard. She runs from winding yarn into balls and keeping our sample drawers in order, to swatching our stitch ideas to answering consumer e-mail. On top of all that, I asked her to write… Continue reading Thanks Becky!
BFS is a FO!
John in his finished sweater: The boyfriend sweater is finished. Yippee!!! Even his sisters may have to admit that he looks pretty darn good in it. 3/28/08 - John’s sweater pattern is available now free on line:http://www.berroco.com/exclusives/john_sweater/john_sweater.html
mobius
I thought you might want you see a little of the back story for the pullover mobius from the objet d'art story of norah gaughan vol 2. My original sketch: My first idea for this story was "twisted twins", with pairs of sweaters or sweaters paired with other pieces. In this case my expanded definition for a twin… Continue reading mobius
mother’s little helper
I am super busy working on norah gaughan vol3, which will include more designs for Pure Merino along with several other still secret morsels. Lena offers her assistance. "Oh no, it wasn't me. It must have been the mouse I saw run behind here"
backstory
Sometimes things don't end up exactly as we've planned. It's true for all of us in our everyday lives and true for designing hand knit sweaters. Margery whipped up these sketch while we were designing the Spring '08 season. We planned sweaters in pairs, each a variation on each other. Lalo was a tailored stockinette… Continue reading backstory
salutations from the sauna
Those darn felted hearts seem to to be all over the house! Actually, they are all over the apartment. While my house (and true home) is in New Hampshire, three nights a week I knit and sleep in apartment in Providence, which is much closer to work. It's fun to photograph with my landlady's lovely props.… Continue reading salutations from the sauna
comb of cones
Even at it's most industrial stage, yarn is beautiful. Time to finish up my explanations of my 10 useful books list - Useful book #7: Knitting from the Netherlands, Traditional Dutch Fishermen’s Sweaters by Henriette Van Der Klift-Tellegen is a beautiful little gem filled with real Dutch fisherman in their utilitarian and gorgeous pullovers. I learned a lot… Continue reading comb of cones
cathedral cables
I'm in Italy looking for new yarns. They can make cables from anything here: Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (The Duomo) Back to my book list: 5 & 6, The Mary Thomas books are real gems. Want to know how to knit a circle? Mary Thomas tells you at least 3 different ways. Want to… Continue reading cathedral cables
The Next 3 Volumes…
The next 3 volumes on my influential book list are the first 3 stitch dictionaries by Barbara Walker. Yes, I know there's a fourth, but somehow I missed that one in my design upbringing. I learned so much from these books, I'm sure I can't fully do them justice. I learned textural stitches, mosaic knitting and… Continue reading The Next 3 Volumes…
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