Jackie at the Knitting Hutch has put together kits for the Icarus Shawl and the Hidcote Garden Shawl! The kit includes the pattern in hard copy and your choice of lovely yarns; Claudia Handpaints Mohair or Silk Lace in your choice of colors. I think the shawls would be beautiful in either of these yarns! […]
Miriam Felton
Category Archives: Designing
TNNA MEMBER! Woot!
I’m an approved member of TNNA complete with a membership number! *dances* And I’ve paid for classes and all is well. I’ve got a plane ticket and my grandmother is expecting me for those days. So I’m going to the TNNA trade show in January. Anyone else going? M *eta*Â Sorry… typo… I AM an […]
10 Things for Thursday
I’m totally yoinking this format from Dis. Hope you don’t mind! 1. We ate out with my parents last night at Rodizio Grill. Holy crap! This is a fabulous place! The food was excellent and the service was great. I managed to pack away more food than the any one else. This is typical and […]
Weekend Report and FO
For navel gazing, click on the cut. For the knitting content, here you go: Apologies for the crap photo… not a lot of light yet. Plus Dark Gray socks are notoriously hard to photograph. Anyway, these are Gift socks for a good friend. He has proven himself a worthy recipient of handknits (one half of […]
Icarus Shawl pattern Available! and SALE!
A few of housecleaning bits: Thought you all might like to know, that the Icarus Shawl pattern is FINALLY available as a download! You can find more information here as it is now in the shop. The link has also been added to the sidebar under “Design Portfolio”. I understand that issue of Interweave has […]
Woven Cable Scarf & Wrap now available!
Note: This pattern may also be purchased as a hard copy paper pattern at One Planet Yarn & Fiber’s shop. Cables in cashmere, what could be better! Envelop yourself in luxury by knitting this scarf or wrap in DK weight cashmere. The woven cable motif grows naturally out of 2×2 ribbing; simple, yet elegant. The […]
Giving Thanks by Gorging on Pie
Isela sent me a link to Anny’s blog where Anny registers her surprise at finding that her blog is reviewed in Vogue’s Knit Simple Holiday Issue. HOLY CRAP! I’m in there too! Go read Anny’s post to see the picture (don’t want to swipe it). I may have to go buy a copy! It’s been […]
Icarus done (again)
This may be my second Icarus, but it’s really like finishing it for the first time. It was a completely different experience knitting it the second time around! This time around I just got to follow the pattern (and find the mistakes that were printed in it. I’ll tell you about that in a bit), […]
Highly Displeased with Adobe, but glad to have the Mojo back.
“Hate is a strong word, but I really really REALLY don’t like you” –The Plain White T’s So I’ve been having a bit of drama with Adobe GoLive. On Friday I even had to go home early because I was so frustrated that I was about to throw my computer across the room, thereby breaking […]
Woot! Stuff!
Dis over at A Little Loopy (love you girls!) posted a link to The Loopy Ewe and I went strolling on over because Dis mentioned my 2 favorite 4 letter words – SOCK YARN! I’ve been dying to try some Fleece Artist Sock yarn and so I bought myself a skein in the beautiful Mahogany […]