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November Knitwear Designs!

This month I had two designs published with Tangled Online Magazine. Tangled is a "bicraftual" team that runs a shop and online magazine from Bozeman, Montana. ((Bicraftual = crochet, knit,...

Limited Time Discount: Hopi Mittens

There are a lot of things in the making as I type and hopefully my next posts will be about just-published designs, but in the meantime...  Hopi Mittens is just...

Published: Hopi Mittens

Hopi Mittens: Now Available Just published this one via Ravelry! Hopi Mittens are a pair of fair-isle mittens knitted with only 2 colors throughout. Difficulty: Intermediate Recommendation: These are a...

Academia Design Process: Part 2

Waiting Game Over Proposal: Accepted! Once you've had your design proposal accepted, what's the next step?  The sponsored yarn for this project came in hanks, so my first step was...

Academia Design Process: Part 1

Design Process Series: See the original swatch in the background? First comes the idea... Inspiration comes from many different sources.  Sometimes, I am inspired by something I see on the...

Academia

(c) Jane Heller, Photographer In an earlier post, I posted a sneak preview of this sweater vest.  The yarn used was Classic Elite Yarns Fresco, and it's an amazingly soft...