I feel a bit like I'm emerging from captivity, although not an unpleasant captivity, just an intense one. I spend the last month designing the pieces for the 4th Berroco volume with my name on it. Let's refer to the upcoming book as NGV4 , eliminating the need to type my own name over and… Continue reading a tease from NGV4
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“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
Design Team at Large
Phew! I can't believe I'm closing in on one month at Berroco. Yesterday Margery, Norah and I took a trip to Boston so I could learn how to plan photo shoots. We saw many models and a lot of inspiring clothing. As you might imagine a lot of thought goes into styling the pattern books… Continue reading Design Team at Large
wedgette
A few weeks ago the "fans of norah gaughan" group on Ravelry reached 2000 members, which I declared cause for celebration. I asked the members for celebratory suggestions. Someone suggested a KAL and someone else requested a new pattern just for the group. So, I decided to make a new pattern for the occasion and the knit… Continue reading wedgette
seen nowhere else
We had fun making audio slide shows this season. Margery and I learned a lot from our first attempts six months ago. I think the new shows are way cooler than the ones we recorded last season. We gab about one book at a time and try give more inside information. To our delight, our audiovisual… Continue reading seen nowhere else
almost there
Prospera: Something keeps nagging at me. My sketch for Prospera still doesn't seem quite right to me. Again it's too fussy - maybe in a fine yarn it would be right but I am committed to Peruvia. The moss st has to go. I think st st is better. The detailed circular motif and the… Continue reading almost there
where, oh where or wear, oh wear
Prospera: Medallion invented, feather and fan extended, base of sweater swatched - where, where where should the godet go? Once again, Margery comes to the rescue, pulling a completed sweater off the shelf, one we know we like. Now it's easier to visualize just where the godet should be placed. Oh, and if I haven't declared… Continue reading where, oh where or wear, oh wear
insert here
I had planned to do this: I am thinking that it's too much, too fussy. The chevrons are too fussy, the double godets are too fussy. Always ready for these Kinds of challenges, Margery grabs the godet (ok, nicely takes the godet from my hands) and places it in the opening of a cardigan to see how the proportions… Continue reading insert here
pendulum
This is a bit of an artifice, but I'm going to describe the next part of the design process for Prospera in the present tense: Ok now, I'm happy with the medallion. How do I extend it into a wedge shape? Let me rephrase that. How do I easily extend it into a wedge shape?… Continue reading pendulum
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