I knit a Valencia for myself! It's almost become a tradition now for me to knit myself a version of my amirisu designs but in black. I figure if I'm going to spend time knitting a pattern again, I want to be sure it's something that's going to get worn a lot. This is the first time I've knit one ...
finished objects
Isometric Wrap
When I first started sketching the Isometric Scarf, I had it all charted – I really wanted to get all those corners between the vertical and horizontal ribs just right. When I started scaling the pattern to get the right proportions, I noticed that I could also grade the design up to a wrap size, ...
Crochet market bag
Here's my first finished object of the year, and it's crochet for a change. My regular shopping bag is falling apart so hopefully this one will be a suitable replacement. I discovered it holds at least five sweaters so volume capacity shouldn't be a problem. (Sweaters as a unit of measurement... I ...
Minamo for amirisu
Issue 12 of amirisu magazine was published this weekend and I designed a pattern for it, Minamo! It's an a-line shape pullover, with contiguous set-in sleeves and a lot of short-rows – with plenty of stockinette but definitely not a boring knit. As it's knit top down, in the round and in one piece, ...
A vest into a hat
This hat was once a vest, a vest that was unravelled because I ran out of yarn knitting a sweater from an unravelled dress. Knitting lends itself so well to making new things out of old things, if you can bear to rip out your own work. These particular 'old' things had been practically unworn, ...
Gifting socks
This Christmas was the first time I knit a pair of socks for someone else. It's incredibly convenient my recipient and I have the same shoe size, but I'm not sure I'll be knitting socks for anyone else anyway. Hats and scarves and even gloves are easy and 'normal' things to give but I think hand ...