Notes and notebooks are an invaluable part of everything I do. By recording observations, ideas, triumphs, and failures, I've created an environment that I can review and learn from. This process enables me to find new patterns (in all senses of that word) and draw different connections to create …
swatch
Working with Anzula’s Yarns
I hope this post finds you and yours well as we begin to understand our “new normal.” We adapt. We mourn. We celebrate. We wash our hands. While I (once again) haven't been consistent in writing here, I've been working with yarn and fiber. Some days I work on designs with intricate details that …
swatching & schedule
Instead of writing here, the time that I normally set aside for this has been devoted instead to swatching. Here's the resulting pile of some of what I've worked up over the past several weeks: This includes yarns from Anzula, Artyarns, Lorna's Laces, Oink Pigments, and Yarn Over New York. …
swatching, storage
Now that my September Swatch Project has ended, the problem to solve is: how do I store them? It's a problem I need to find an answer to. I'm not thrilled with my current solution for the Anzula swatches. First some personal background and my swatch storage history. My academic background is in …
swatching, tips for planning
This September Swatch Project isn't my first large swatch project. It's unlikely to be my last. Over the years I've developed methods for keeping a project of this size organized and consistent. Today I'm sharing a bit of my process from a blank page to a plan. We'll start first by reviewing a …
swatching, tips for choosing tools
There are two parts to every swatch, ok, three. The yarn, the tool used to manipulate the yarn, and the individual doing the work. How do I choose the tool? Which knitting needles or hooks do I want to use for my swatches? The answer is (as always), it depends. When swatching for fun I often use …