June has been exactly like a summer storm. A bit scary, very unpredictable, fast-moving, and at times refreshing and beautiful. It has been an exhausting but inspiring month... Norah and I spent the first half of the month consumed by TNNA! If you weren't following our updates on Twitter you can see a wonderful recap… Continue reading Whirlwind June…
Category: daily work
Vested Interest
Pretty much the best vest pun I could come up with...sorry, my mind is totally flooded these days! We're deep into the design process and it doesn't leave much time for wordplay. My desk is the messiest it has ever been but I'm feeling better about my sketching skills (practice makes perfect...) and the yarns… Continue reading Vested Interest
Berroco Design Team at Large, part deux
Norah, Warren and I headed West to attend The National Needlearts Association trade show in San Diego, CA. I'm used to trade shows being in sort of isolated areas but the location here was fabulous. It was breezy and sunny the whole time we were there and we enjoyed some distinctly California moments. Here are… Continue reading Berroco Design Team at Large, part deux
Berroco Behind the Scenes
Working in the world of knitwear design means that your calendar is more than a little screwy. Deadlines and lead times require you to be mentally "out of season" pretty much all the time. I've modeled heavy alpaca sweaters in July, knit angora in August and sketched summery tanks in September. Perhaps the craziest part… Continue reading Berroco Behind the Scenes
Gifting
Pretty much the moment I started at Berroco we've been talking about GIFTS. It started way back in September with tiny holiday sweaters and gift sets you could make on a budget. There was a bit of a debate over the propriety of verbing a noun (I maintain that it is okay in the case of… Continue reading Gifting
“You could live in a van!!”
That's what Margery said when she saw me winding a skein of Ultra Alpaca from a little nook at my desk. I've certainly settled in, populating every corner with knitting essentials: stitch dictionaries, shade cards and a bulletin board that holds inspiring images and a detailed calendar. I'm getting used to forgetting what day/month/season it… Continue reading “You could live in a van!!”
Preparation Time
A while back, a curious reader left this comment: I am loving this peek into your design process! And at the same time as I look at your sheets feeling ever do disorganized! As I also watched your latest video slideshow for booklet 279 (keep doing these slide shows they are great) one question kept… Continue reading Preparation Time
Welcome Cirilia!
Yippee, yahoo... the search for an assistant designer is over! I am so very pleased to announce that Cirilia Rose is now working with us in the Berroco design studio. Cirilia jumped right in, multitasking from the start. During her first two days we have had her editing Knitbits, planning future issues, fully participating in design… Continue reading Welcome Cirilia!
the glue that holds our design office (and more) together
For the few of you who may not know, Margery Winter is the creative director at Berroco. After years of a mentor/student relationship, we now work as parts of a team here at Berroco. Margery writes about another very important member of our team: Deana Gavioli keeps the design department running like a top. Her… Continue reading the glue that holds our design office (and more) together
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!
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