Tag Archives: gloves

Snow Crocus and Spring Fever

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

I have Spring Fever.  A full-blown case of Startitus and it could mean more starts are in the near future. Remember Crystalline – it is almost done – but it is languishing – waiting for this case of startitus to run its … Continue reading →

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Knitting Curves

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

Knitters are fascinated by Curves and Circles. Curves and Circles are not natural to the knitting grid, which creates shapes by rows of stitches and lines of stitches.  Kaffe Fassett is still fascinated by circular shapes in knitting.  His “dots” or “Poppies” … Continue reading →

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Bits and Pieces…..

Posted on December 28, 2012 by

It is the end of the year – well, just a few days left, and my time seems to be broken down into bits and pieces of “stuff”; stuff to finish; stuff to start; stuff to clean; stuff to put … Continue reading →

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On Teaching

Posted on December 15, 2012 by

The Fair-Isle glove class ended this week.  For the last 3 weeks, 6 students and I have been exploring the colourful world of Fair-isle and some of the possible ways to combine colours!  It has been a wonderful adventure. Teaching … Continue reading →

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“Fall Back”

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

November 1st and another time change is lurking around the corner.  I find the time changes hard to adjust to and very irritating – at least the Fall one allows for more sleep! Fall is hitting hard right now – there … Continue reading →

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A Scattered Life

Posted on August 23, 2012 by

I am a very disorganized person.  I work and live in Chaos.  There is no rhyme to my reason and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t! Though, on the whole, it works for me.  The advent of Sophie to … Continue reading →

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Saturday in the Parks!

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

It was one of those West Coast days’ yesterday.  The kind you would like to bottle, like some peaches, to pull out on a really grey, damp Winter day! We took full advantage.  Long walk with Sophie in Bowen Park, along Millstream in … Continue reading →

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It’s Official

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

The release date for the next Vogue Knitting is Jan 8th.  Which means here on the West Coast it may be a little later! I think that I will call Chapters today and reserve a few copies for myself, family and friends! … Continue reading →

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Evolution of a Pattern – Damascus Glove

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

  This the story of my first officially published pattern.  I have self published for a few years and then there was the Design competition, but this the first, submitted design idea! It all started when I was looking for the … Continue reading →

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Gloves – in Search of the Perfectly Fitting Pair!

Posted on September 3, 2011 by

I knit my first pair of gloves because I could never find gloves to fit my broad palm and short fingers.   I think that was around 2005.  I really started to get excited about gloves in 2006 and wrote my … Continue reading →

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