I asked Lisa McFetridge, lisagmc on Ravelry to help me re-start my blog series on motif design. I admire her color stranded motifs, and thought
Just like I loved chemistry, the smallest framework you could get without falling too far into quantum mechanics, I love stitch patterns. I think I
The homeschool co-op crochet class ended yesterday. My daughter K wound up joining it in the middle, and has learned to chain, slip and single
Introduction to the Magic Formula There is a formula to place increases, decreases, increase rows, buttonholes, and motifs evenly across a row (What a time
When I started publishing my knitting patterns, I hoped I’d get to talk to people about the technicalities of stitches, and that other designers would
Here is the end of the MHB posts – unless of course I get curious about another aspect of the fabric. I was thrilled to
Miniature Herringbone Stitch, a super thick, cool, underused stitch, has some quirks when you are designing with it. It helps to choose your needles, and
Ah, Miniature Herringbone Stitch, the super dense knit fabric that looks woven. My Herringbone skirt was made in it. I played a lot with it
I became intrigued by the Miniature Herringbone Stitch during Christmas of 1990. I’d never seen it in a magazine pattern but I was sure that
I was 15. Mom and I had bought too much acrylic worsted yarn, it was tricky to substitute for the ribbon yarn the pattern called