I just can't hold back any longer. I have to start showing some things from Spring '08. Knitbits and the Berroco web site will be rolling out the new season in a few short weeks, but I simply can't wait.   I love this thing! Stuck in our toddler book, I fear it will get… Continue reading beet it

Yep, knitters are sooo SMART!

I've made a bit of progress & I couldn't resist snapping this photo:The yarn is Ultra Alpaca Light, worked rather firmly on size 2(US) needles.

What is this thing?  

After reading the comments on my "almost garter" post I decided I liked the idea of changing gauge as I changed color. So, when I was about 2/3 through the two original hanks of lavender and grey Ultra Alpaca Light I added a ball of Pure Merino Heather in one of my favorite greens -… Continue reading completed garter

Well, it's almost garter stitch. Anxious to get started, I used the only Ultra Alpaca Light I had in the house - one hank of charcoal and one hank of lavender. Figuring I needed both hanks to make a scarf of any significance, I decided to alternate the colors - one row of each. This… Continue reading almost garter

The mad rush to get things ready for the Spring '08 photoshoot is over. The photos have been taken. No more reknitting necklines late into the night. No more cutting 4" off the bottoms of things, because, I was, well, WRONG the first time. No more cutting sweaters in half and inserting lace details or… Continue reading what i’m knitting now

This is how a design starts it's life at Berroco - as a sketch. This is my sketch of Joyella, now in our Jasper™ booklet . In case you haven't noticed, since writing "Knitting Nature" I've been a bit obsessed by hexagons. So now there are hexagons in norah gaughan volume 1, hexagons in the… Continue reading birth of joyella