The Production: Once each chart is drawn up, I transfer it into my Excel spreadsheet (or now Knit Visualizer although I haven’t done a shawl yet using KV), and then I knit the piece from the digitized chart. This helps me catch mistakes in the charting. It also gives me a base to make changes […]
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Lace Design, Part II: The Process of Design
EDITED to fix links. Sorry! Something went tweaky when I copied and pasted my html. The Process of Design: (click all images for larger ones) When I’m working on a triangular shawl, worked from the top down (like Icarus, Hidcote, Adamas, Seraphim, and both Mountain Peaks), I start with the basic framework. The construction of […]
Lace Design, Part I: Inspiration
Margene mentioned in her post Today that she wondered what my muse might have been when designing the Hidcote Garden Shawl, and since I’ve been meaning to post something about how I design… the inspiration, the process, the production. To keep from loosing your interest, I’ll break it up into parts. The Inspiration For me, […]
Enlarging PDF Charts
In my last post, Judy asked about enlarged charts. It’s something I’ve meant to get around to, but have just not had the time, as I would have to do every chart for every pattern I’ve put out and set up the store for the ability to purchase different versions, etc… which will take a […]
Better-fitting* Toe-up Heel Flap Tutorial
I have a narrow heel and a relatively high instep. This means that a short row heel made with half the total stitches doesn’t fit me. It wobbles around and feels strange. Plus I don’t like the extra straining bits around the front of my ankle. I love the comfort and fit of the cute […]
How to Bead Your Icarus
OK, sorry for the delay, but here it is. How to add beads to your Icarus shawl. Background: I had included beads in each of the edge points in my original design, to add weight and glitz to a simple shawl, but when Interweave Knits told me they wanted to publish it, they nixed the […]
Piece of (Strawberry) Cake
I have finished the Crushed Strawberry Socks! They were fun and fairly quick, and honestly, I like the fit other than being too short for me (I decided to make them for the long-range planning department, as I couldn’t fathom knitting something for myself when I see Christmas looming along with all the other stuff […]
Jam, the Photo Tutorial
Yesterday I made more jam, but this is not just ANY jam. This is the jam that my sister craves and the entire family knows it as “Liquid Crack”. It’s something I came up with last year and it’s become something I think I will HAVE to make every year or Laura will kill me. […]
