Rainbow Backpack Pics

I wanted to show you some pics of my Rainbow Backpack made by knitters who bought my pattern. BTW anyone who would like to send me pics of their Phoenix Bess garments please do! I would love to see them.
I found Kim’s backpack photos on Ravelry. Kim made this out of Cascade 220 wool [...]

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It Girl Knits photo shoot

The Knitting Basket in Richmond will be hosting a book signing for my book on October 25th. The Knitting Basket is a great yarn shop run by very nice people. You should come by and see us.
Some pics of the photo shoot for It Girl Knits:
This is the photographer, Dan Howell. He did an excellent [...]

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The Yarn Lover’s Guide to Hand Dyeing

The Yarn Lover’s Guide to Hand Dyeing: Beautiful Color and Simple Knits
Linda La Belle
Potter Craft, 30.00
When I started working on my holiday Knotions submission (which involves a bit of dyeing) I was at first a bit worried about dyeing the project because until then I hadn’t ever dyed anything. But The Yarn Lover’s Guide to [...]

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Simply Sublime Bags

Simply Sublime Bags: 30 No-Sew, Low-Sew Projects
By Jodi Kahn
Potter Craft
$19.95
With the exception of a few of the somewhat strange bags made out of caution tape and packing tape, I have to say that the bags in this book are practical and innovative. I don’t remember ever seeing a craft book that is this interesting. I [...]

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Patternfish and Knotions

I’m kind of excited about a new online pattern store and a new online knitting magazine. Thought I’d tell you a bit about them in case you haven’t seen them yet.
PATTERNFISH is an online pattern store that has over 939 patterns. The patterns range from old to new with a lot in between. They sell [...]

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Diamante Clutch – NEW!

Here is another new pattern for you. The Diamante Clutch.
I originally designed it to go with the Glamour Girl Ensemble, but I had to instead make it a pattern by itself. The clutch is made out of Tilli Tomas Mogul, a beaded feltable wool (you can use almost any feltable wool to substitute). A single [...]

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More Kitten Hijinks

This morning I got up and found Rosie and Lavie on the kitchen counter asleep in a cast iron pot (I couldn’t get pictures because they don’t stay put long enough). Cats have a weird idea of what is a comfortable place to sleep. Until these new cats joined the family I never really understood [...]

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Kittens!

Knitting becomes very difficult when kittens are attempting to run away with your yarn. These babies are lunatics. I was trying to get some knitting done and they both decided to amuse themselves with the Peace Fleece yarn (great stuff!) I was using. Rosie jumped in my lap and wrapped herself up in the [...]

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New Spring Fascinator!

My hats and fascinators can now be bought on my website as ready to wear garments. They are the same designs that are in my pattern line so now people have the option of knitting or purchasing them. I’m kind of excited about this because it means that I have a real line of accessories: [...]

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Francis Beret pattern – NEW!

I finally got my hat pattern knitted, photographed, and on my website. The pattern is crazy simple and really easy to make so I hope you guys like it. It’s knit in the round in an easy lace st from the top down ending with a 2×2 rib.
It only takes one skein of Tilli Tomas [...]

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