Category: swatch project
Spring swatches grow
It’s the time of year when spring swatches begin to grow into finished designs and samples. Why? The summer industry trade show is fast approaching! Swatches are being worked (and often reworked) to produce the best possible samples and designs for you. What designs are you wishing for? Yarns in this post are by Washtenaw…
swatch checkin!
Just a quick checkin with my Saturday swatch project! It’s still going strong and each week I look forward to finding something new or different to swatch. You can follow along by searching my instagram tag, #psgswatches. I’m no longer working exclusively from sample mini skeins, in a few cases I’ve used my Saturday swatch…
saturday swatch project
Over the years I’ve found I’ve become habitual in the stitch patterns and yarns I choose to work with. There’s nothing wrong with that but I miss the experience of being surprised by the unexpected. Yes, I swatch, but only when I’m looking to meet a particular gauge. To play with yarn, colour, texture, fabric…
sample swatches
I finished the swatch project for Happy Fuzzy Yarn and my handspun, knit, crochet, and woven samples were displayed in the booth at the summer show for TNNA, The National Needle Arts Association this past weekend. Fibres and colourways shown are: 100% BFL in Hemoglobin, 100% Falkland in Crete, 100% Polwarth in Sunset, 100% Merino…
summer swatching
A few weeks ago I attended an industry trade show, TNNA. I returned home (well, eventually) with many new yarn samples to try and a few skeins to work new designs with. It’s very exciting and I look forward to working more with all of the yarns. The question I receive most often is “Do…