In the past year or so Norah and I have been interviewed in many, many places...magazines (Norah in the February 2009 issue of Knit N' Style, and the Winter 2008 issue of Interweave, Cirilia in the Fall 2008 issue of Knitscene) online (Norah at Knitch and on Lolly's blog, and both of us on the… Continue reading Gabfest!
we still love you mo
Cirilia and I are both avid npr listeners and both of us love the weekend current events/comedy/game show "wait, wait... don't tell me!". W...e...l....l , the week before last, one of the regular panelists, Mo Rocca, happened to mention (during a story about knitting sweaters for bald chickens) that he hated homemade sweaters because they are… Continue reading we still love you mo
Ravelers Rock
It's time, once again, to showcase you fantastic knitters out there - our customers. Here are five sweaters designed by me and interpreted by Ravelers to fit their individual tastes and needs. KallieKY's assemblage is knit in Inca Gold. The pattern calls for Pure Merino dk , but as you can clearly see Inca Gold works… Continue reading Ravelers Rock
One more!
Hi again, just a quick addendum to the Vest-uary post. I completely spaced out on a very cute vest pattern! It's the Ribby-Yo Vest by Cathy Carron. Knit in Peruvia Quick, it's available now in the Spring 2009 issue of Knitscene, one of my favorite knitting publications... This vest was featured in a… Continue reading One more!
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
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:
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