Last night, as I laid out my clothes for today (as I always do the night before I intend to go to a yoga class in the morning), I remembered that this little pullover exists. She's been sleeping all winter, but now that the warmer weather is upon us, she's come out of hibernation and is ready to be worn again.

After yoga, as I pulled it over my head, I fell in love again. The drape of Cotton Bam Boo, and the delicacy of the lace pattern are my favorite things about this sweater. It's such a great little thing.

So, to encourage more knitters to enjoy the pleasures of such a sweater, I'm offering the pattern for sale throughout the entire summer! Normally, it's $7.00, but now through September 22, 2009 it's on sale for $5.00 when purchased trough my website only.

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Smooth Petal Socks

June 5th, 2009

Since the Cookie A web-letter went out on Tuesday, I've been thinking quite a bit about socks. I've purchased 200 grams of various types of sock yarns, and have begun to make another pair of the Petal Socks using Classic Elite's Summer Sox.

Summer Sox has some great self-striping colors, but I wanted to use a solid color, and since I already have a pink pair of petal socks, I figured green is the next best color! For me, choosing a color is always the hardest part of knitting. I went from a red wool, to a beige cashmere blend to green cotton. I decided on using Summer Sox mostly because I want to see these socks knit up in a smooth yarn. I think the sleek-ness of Summer Sox will really help show off the stitch definition, which is somewhat hidden in the original pair, knit in Alpaca Sox. Plus, this way I'll have a pair of Petal Socks for both cool and warm weather!

I'm usually a die-hard double pointed needle fan... but if I used them for these socks, I'd have to knit one sock at a time... and that dramatically decreases the likely-hood of my ever having 2 socks. So, I opted to try two 16" circular needles, which was a little challenging at first. Working the rib was pretty straight-forward, but when I started the leg pattern I realized that the beginning of the round shifts one stitch to the left every other round. While I did consider giving up on the two-at-a-time idea, I figured out that it's possible. The problem is that after working across the first sock on each needle, the next stitch—the stitch that needs to be moved to the left to move the begining of the round—cannot be removed from the other needle. It's trapped there by the other sock. BUT, I can still work a purl stitch into that stitch! Then, when I get to that point on the other needle, I just drop the stitch off the needle because it's already been worked.

In a little while I'll have to figure out how to move the beginning of the round 1 stitch to the right. But I'm pretty confident that it's something similar. We shall see!

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Cookie A - Sock Innovation Review

June 2nd, 2009

Today I wrote up a little review for Cookie A's Sock Innovation book. Cookie designed a pair of socks in Classic Elite's Summer Sox which is also available (for free!), with the review, in the CEY Web-Letter.

It's a book I really enjoyed tech editing. It was challanging, and I learned a lot in the process. Just after finishing tech editing the book I was so inspired to use what I had learned. That's when I designed the Petal Socks.

So, needless to say, just now, after finishing reading through the book again, and refreshing myself with the content, I'm again inspired to design socks. Thank you for writing this book, Cookie. You're a great inspiration!!!

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My Raw journey

Patterns for Sale

Tweed Beret

Violet, the Slouchy Head Friend

Lush Woven Scarf

Petal Socks

River of Life Socks

Crochet Motif Cardigan

Beatrice Ribbed Tie Coat