Find more information and an entry form in KnitBits #300! Dig into your stash or head to your LYS for these eligible yarns: Berroco Sox, Berroco Sox Metallic, Comfort Sock and Ultra Alpaca Fine and start sketching, swatching, SCHEMING! I'm busily preparing to head to Sock Summit 2009 where you can visit the Berroco booth (#418)… Continue reading Be a Sock STAR!
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Fall ’09 is up and running
Tomorrow brings the big reveal of our fall '09 line in our newsletter and on the web site. That also means that it was time to get it all up in Ravelry. Cirilia's logged a jillion hours (in the past 2 days) doing just that . I have to admit that we are… Continue reading Fall ’09 is up and running
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
tuck
More excess - this time in the form of knit-in tucks. Don't you love that Eleanor can knit too? We chose a different photo for the book - one that focuses more on the vest, but I am still enamored of this shot. Adina Klein helped us out with the styling for this story - that's the… Continue reading tuck
pucker
Norah Gaughan volume 4 is printed and shipping to stores! We'll be showing it on the Berroco website and launching all of the Spring 09 booklets in the Knitbits newsletter starting January 16th, but meanwhile, I thought (I was hoping) you might want to see a bit more. Doled out in moderation, of course. … Continue reading pucker
NGV4 photo
I am posting with my I-pod touch. That's so cool, but kinda scary too. Is there no escape? Check out a preview of NGV4:
wedgette instruction home
The bits and pieces of Wedgette, the sweater I'm designing for my Raverly fan group, seem to be all over the place and even I am finding them difficult to compile. So, here is a digest of all of the instructions so far. I'll be writing the sleeves and finishing soon. I'll add them to… Continue reading wedgette instruction home
espy excess
One story in norah gaughan volume 4 is all about excess fabric That's all I can say for now.
the return of wedgette
For those of you working on wedgette, I have decided to present the bodice numbers in a diagrammatic way, well, like a worksheet, before I write them out. BODICE: With RS facing, pick up 172(196-220-244-264-288-312)sts along top edge of “skirt”. First row – K 43(49-55-61-66-72-78)sts, place marker, k 86(98-110-122-132-144-156)sts, place marker, k remaining 43(49-55-61-66-72-78)sts Knit 4 more… Continue reading the return of wedgette
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