Author Archives: JC
It’s almost here: the long-awaited ebook Dreaming of Shetland. Conceived as a fundraiser for Deb Robson’s explorations of Shetland and Shetland sheep, it’s grown to include several essays and dozens of patterns. And, oh! what patterns. Go on, take a peek at the project gallery; you know you want to. My contribution? Not the least […]
What have I been doing for the past couple months? Not blogging, clearly. Not knitting, either. Rather, I’ve been working on this: And this: And this: They’re “stitch maps,” knitting charts drawn without grids so you can see what the fabric is really doing. You can read more about them (and play with them!) at […]
Highlights
By JC | April 22, 2013
Let me tell you about a couple highlights from my weekend at the Loopy Ewe Spring Fling. (Besides the camaraderie and the dessert reception, of course.) The first was when a former Slick Set-in Sleeves student showed me a sweater she’d knit using that technique. It was stunning! The fit, the yarn selection, the stitch […]
Tomorrow I fly to Colorado for the Loopy Ewe Spring Fling. Except for a few last-minute items, I’m all packed. And guess what? Everything fit into just two bags – my laptop bag, and a small suitcase. This never happens. Normally, I travel with the laptop bag, the small suitcase, and a giant, big-enough-to-hide-a-dead-body suitcase. […]
An experiment
By JC | April 3, 2013
Remember the center-out square of Fountain Lace that I knit a couple weeks back? I decided to turn it into a stole, extending two sides of the square to create “wings.” But how to make the most of a limited amount of yarn? My knee-jerk reaction was to weigh the yarn remaining after the square […]
I’m still making progress on the Fountain Lace piece, but yesterday I took some time out to repair my tattered gloves: The process was the same for each of the damaged fingers. Begin with a small needle, catching each stitch of a round below the damaged area and below any thin spots: Rip back to […]
When I finished Daphne, what did I do next? Repair the tattered fingers on my gloves? Re-sole DH’s house slippers? Fix the hole in my toe socks? Nope, nope, and nope. Despite the need for the gloves/slippers/socks (it’s still damp and drizzle season, after all), and despite the satisfaction of well-performed repairs saving handknits from […]
Catch-up
By JC | March 15, 2013
Goodness, it’s been a long time since I’ve blogged. And today would most likely be another no-blogging day, except I have a tiny case of finishitis. (You know, the complement to startitis. It happens, sometimes.) So let’s play catch-up. • February was a big month for traveling. It started with the Visionary Authors retreat – always […]
Finis
By JC | January 23, 2013
Yet another pair of toe socks, finished: They’re much the same as my green pair, except I made yet another departure from Cat Bordhi’s original Sweet Tomato Heel: the first short-row wedge is composed of increasingly shorter rows, while the second is composed of increasingly longer rows. I like the results: In other news, registration […]
With the repair of DH’s socks out of the way, I’m back to making good progress on my toe socks: Having grafted together the toes of the second sock, I’m all set with lots of plain knitting on the foot, a simple heel, and more mindless knitting on the leg. It’s perfect travel knitting for […]