Dan (DH) commissioned me to make 2 blankets for our daughter in law’s family. He wanted North American yarn (We used Prairie Spun DK from Brown Sheep Yarns, it’s spun in Nebraska from Targee wool raised in the USA), and New England motifs. My DIL mentioned that red was her family’s favorite color. That reminded me of the New Year Knots we gave out at her wedding, so I wanted to echo the look of the knots.
Yes, I named a sweater after a plate When our family divided Grandma Clark’s belongings after her memorial service, both Aunt Susan and I wanted
I try to have some vanilla socks running in the background. I discovered this year that plunking a motif I’m working on randomly on the
This summer I was knitting an Elevenses sweater for my cousin’s baby due in November. I used Malabrigo Rios in the color Vucan, and the
I’ve had a maple leaf prototype motif for a while, but I haven’t used it in a project yet. I haven’t either fixed the short
I have a free pattern in tomorrow’s Knotions.com magazine, Sempervivum. Sempervivum are those adorable succulents that fill in garden spaces between rocks. They are beautiful
The twin’s mother, my dear friend Katie, admires Dasher. I can see her little girls wearing Dasher and I must knit it for them. This
The White Oak leaf pleased me. The maple leaf (I’m not sure if it’s original was Norway or Sugar, you are supposed to be able
Iteration 14 – I think I’ve got it. I’ve got the designer’s equivalent of a reader who finishes a good book and feels blue. Now
Since the GAL, I’ve had ogees on my mind. When I saw BabyLove Brand’s Trellis and Chevron afghan (actually, ALL of BabyLove Brands patterns and