A month or so ago, Cari posted a picture of her granddaughter adorned in Simply Soft designs. Some of you have asked about the pattern for the beret Hazel was wearing. Turns out, this pattern never made it to our website like we thought. So here is the pattern for those of you who would [...]
Archive for November, 2011
The Raspberry Beret Pattern Revealed….
Posted in Knitting, Uncategorized on November 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Bananas about Bananas!!!!!!
Posted in Amigurumis!, Crochet on November 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
What happens when you give two different people some yarn and tell them to crochet a banana? You wind up with two absolutely adorable banana amigurumis! Mary Pueschner designed little Hannah Banana and Tracie Barrett created the big sister, Savannah. Choose your favorite or make both. I vote for both! “Hannah” and “Savannah” Banana FINISHED [...]
New Sheep(ish) Pattern: Zig-zag Sticking on About.com!
Posted in Knitting, Vickie Howell, tagged christmas, gifts, holiday, stocking on November 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
…the (knitted) stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that Saint Knitolas soon would be there. Ok, that was obnoxious. My point being though, that if you’re planning to knit holiday stockings this year then now’s the time. Wouldn’t you know it, I have just the pattern for you! Type on over [...]
Snow creative…
Posted in Crochet, Uncategorized on November 18, 2011 | 4 Comments »
OK, it’s a warm day in early October. We have to shoot projects for the 12 Days of Christmas. We have snow but no way to make it come down as if it were really snowing. Sooo….grab 3 wire bins, a long broom handle, some big clips, Greg (our amazing hair/make-up person) and Rob (studio [...]
ETSY: How-to Tuesday
Posted in Knitting, Vickie Howell, tagged etsy on November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Stop on by the Etsy blog to see yesterday’s How-to Tuesday post, by moi. In it, I show you (via video) how to do the pattern stitch for my Wrist Factor wrist warmers. Make a pair for yourself, then whip out a few more for the guys and gals in your life.Enjoy! Stitch.Rock.Love, Vickie
Vase Cozies for Fall Decor
Posted in Knitting, Vickie Howell, tagged fall, home decor, thanksgiving on November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I love it when I get to reuse a project for more than one season–it makes the time put into knitting it, even more worth it! This month I busted out the Chevron Vase Cozies I designed for Craftzine.com in September, and worked them in to the Fall decor at our home. I love how [...]
Sweaters for Penguins
Posted in Amigurumis!, Crochet, Uncategorized on November 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Recently there has been another call-out for sweaters for penguins. Response to this was so tremendous, that the demand has already been met, and actually, there is quite a large surplus of penguin sweaters! So if you are still in the penguin spirit, how about making Peter the Penguin, who stands just barely over 3 [...]
Ultimate Sweater Machine
Posted in Machine Knitting on November 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I finally got back to the Ultimate Sweater Machine this past weekend! I was feeling inspired after Cari had the machine set up here in the office to do some swatches. And of course, we get these amazing projects from Kathy Perry every month. Just wait until you see what’s coming up! My experience on [...]
Hour and a Half Cowl
Posted in Crochet, Yarn on November 8, 2011 | 16 Comments »
Hour and a Half Cowl Cowl, U Hook, Simply Soft skein Close-up of stitching At last year’s Knit and Crochet Show, I picked up one of Bagsmith’s size U/25mm crochet hooks and I’d been dying to try it ever since. The inspiration to pick it up came from having just received one of Karen Whooley’s shawl [...]
Jan’s the Man – and (such) a doll!
Posted in Uncategorized on November 7, 2011 | 5 Comments »
If you’re a Twitter or Facebook follower, you might have seen Jan’s tweets and posts, but many of you have probably never met Caron’s “fearless leader” for marketing. He’s the guy who OK’s everything that goes on around here, from free projects to new yarns. Here he is with his very own amigurumi self, thanks to crocheter [...]
