15 November 2010 · 1 Comment
Yeah yeah, two posts in one day, but this one is just a quickie. A surprising number of folks have asked if I’m going to write up the pattern for the hat and mitts. I hadn’t initially planned to. It is my first hat (not the first hat I designed folks, the first hat I knit), so I was a bit shy about making it public. But you guys have said all sorts of nice things, and I kind of love how it’s come out, so I’m starting to think about it. To that end, I’m going to try and get it tested before I give it away. It’s much easier to answer tester’s questions when you actually have the object there to stare at. So to that end, I’ve made a thread over on the testing forum on Ravelry. If you’d like to test them, go volunteer!
11 April 2010 · 3 Comments
The current project is about to go up for testing on ravelry. If you are just dying to make these (and willing to risk the occasional typo for the chance to make them before I officially release the pattern), this is your chance. I’ve still not decided if I like the inside or the outside better. Have you?
10 March 2010 · No Comments
If you’re itching to make them, the pink frilly confections I posted about the other day are up for testing. The thread with instructions is on Ravelry. If you’d like to volunteer, head on over. I’m picking testers Thursday morning.
7 December 2009 · No Comments
Now for some actual knitting. That empty box over there, the one under “On the Needles?” It’s a lie. The needles are not empty. They are, in fact, quite full. Alas, almost all the current knitting is secret, so I can’t show you pictures. I’m realizing now that this was poor planning. I can’t show you pretty pictures, but I can let you know a bit about the schedule and what you can expect to see over the next little while.
The next pattern you will see is part of Penny Rose’s Wicked Women yarn club. While only club members will be able to get the particular yarn I used, everyone will be able to buy the pattern. This one comes with its own fairy tale and a bonus history lesson. It will be out in early to mid January. I’ve finished my knitting, my marvelous testers have worked their magic, and The Boy spent a very amusing hour taking pictures of my feet yesterday, so this one is officially finished. Now I just have to wait to show them off. In the meantime, I’ll console myself by wearing them.
In February, you’ll see another sock club pattern, this time with Gaia’s Colours. These will be exclusive to the club for a while, but I’ll torment you with photos and try and try to talk you into putting the public release on your calendars. One sock is done, and the second is waiting for a few more yards of yarn. Testers have the pattern, and I’m lovingly fondling the existing sock (it’s a super thick and wonderfully warm) while I wait to finish its mate.
There are two more secret projects on the needles, one for publication (yay) and one for another sock club, but they’re for a bit later in the year and must remain unmentionable for a while longer. Some time very soon now (this week with any luck) the combined pattern for Crenellation will be available. It was up in pieces for the KAL, but I wanted to redo it as a single download with pictures.
Nope, no empty needles around here.
3 November 2009 · 1 Comment
The newest sock is ready to go to testers. I know some people have been upset to miss testing opportunities in the past, so I thought I’d mention it here too just to give everyone a shot. If you’d like to try for a chance to test these, head over to this Ravelry thread, and volunteer! I’m picking testers tomorrow afternoon, and plan to release these socks at the end of this month. I’ll be back in a few days to tell you more about the socks (and about the yummy yarn I used for them), but I wanted to get the testing announcement out promptly.
