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Posted By Karen on March 11, 2010
I am so honored to have been nominated for the following categories:
I hope that if you feel the same, you will go vote for me this year for the awards!
The link for these awards and the rest of the FLAMIES is here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/2010Flamies
And get the word out! The voting lasts from now until March 22!
Posted By Karen on February 15, 2010
Remember a few weeks ago when I posted about a drawing I was doing for my Flat Feet Challenge? Well.. Finally, it is DONE!
That is my darling daughter as the model!
Soulful Seas Mobius!
With only 400 yards, it really limited what I could do besides SOCKS that was fashion forward. The design came to me when I was going through some old files on my computer and I found this old pattern:
I designed this Mobius back in 2004 for the Canadian Publisher, Kustom Krafts when they launched a line of Knit and Crochet. That division is now long gone.. but I have the books to prove it. (For the record… I plan to re introduce this entire book as part of my own line. now)
I used a completely different stitch pattern, but the idea is the same. I dont have a picture of the orginal as a cowl, but in this case the shawl can be doubled around the neck and be worn as a head covering too.
If you haven’t entered the drawing.. make sure you visit this post to enter to receive a FREE COPY of this pattern! Entries will be taken until February 26th!
Posted By Karen on February 10, 2010
Posted By Karen on January 24, 2010
The other day, I was at my LYS Great Yarns! while the shop owner and staff were going through the shop listing items they were planning to bring to the Seattle Sewing Expo at the Puyallup Fairgrounds next month.
As they were going through the shop, a comment was made that the Flat Feet weren’t selling as well as regular Sock Yarn and that maybe we should come up with other items to make other than socks with Flat Feet.
As the resident Crocheter on staff, I took this challenge and after looking at the different colors we had in stock, I came up with a cool new design. It’s still in progress.. but will Launch at the Sewing Expo.
But I have a question for all of you out there…
What would you / have you crocheted
with Flat Feet?
If you would like to receive a free copy of this new pattern, Post a reply to this post with your answer to the above question. I will continue to take responses until Friday, February 26, 2010. I will draw the winner on Sunday, February 28, 2010.
Posted By Karen on January 7, 2010
I thought I would share a picture of my projects in the month of December.
Unfortunately I cannot share what the projects were.. but I thought you would like to see all the ends I wove in during the month…
What I CAN tell you is that I am supremely excited about all of them!
Posted By Karen on January 6, 2010
I am so excited to FINALLY announce that Lion Brand has finally published my first design ever that was commissioned by them!
Cozy Crochet Socks <— Was originally called Rockin’ Socks are made with Lion Brand Sock Ease in Red Hots. It uses both Size C and D crochet hooks.
I am really thrilled that it is out and I can share!
Posted By Karen on January 3, 2010
Finally…
I started these socks for my daughter in July.. and then with a book contract.. they went on hold until this last week.
But they are DONE!
The yarn used is
Black Trillium Fibre Studio Roman Blue Sock yarn in the Colorway “Cassie”. I had this yarn custom dyed for my daughter in her favorite brown an pink colors.
The pattern I used is
Sunday Swing Socks by Kristel Nyberg from the Summer 2009 issue of Knitty. The only difference I made in them was that I only did 2 repeats of the pattern instead of 5-7 of them so that they would be ankle socks rather than full length socks.
They Turned out pretty good don’t you think?
Posted By Karen on January 1, 2010
Happy 2010 everyone! I hope everyone’s started off well!
Mine started off with “burning of the swatch”. If you are on Twitter at all, you will hear designers talking about swatchfires. What is a swatchfire, you ask?
It all started one day when someone mentioned that their gauge swatch for a design “lied” to them. You know, you do a gauge swatch to painstakingly make sure your garment will be the right size, then wouldnt you know it, the actual garment’s gauge turns out totally different.. even with the exact same yarn and hook! So we talked about burning the original swatches in a “swatchfire”.
Then Tracie Barrett (@TracieCrochets on Twitter) Mentioned having a New Year’s Eve Swatchfire so that we all could appease the fiber gods for the New Year. The thought behind it was that if we burnt the swatches now.. all our swatches in 2010 would be truthful and kind to all designers.
So.. I thought I would share my Swatchfire with all of you:)
Posted By Karen on December 20, 2009
Another Free Pattern for you all! This Preemie hat was designed in 2001 for one of the local hospitals… and now it has become one of my most popular patterns!
