tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42436287429888053862024-03-19T00:08:21.622-04:00Carolyn KnitsA place to share ideas on knitting, design, art, craft & life in generalCarolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608732168186029178noreply@blogger.comBlogger392125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243628742988805386.post-13196188330624793472020-11-24T21:35:00.000-05:002020-11-24T21:35:37.179-05:00Giftalong 2020 has just begun!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEini321vPH7zrgibsB1nDLb0VQ888p-T-tPFFnv8x9LOXL9ZRUK5VIvpLCEGhmmMbAaEB479GFOwV32sdSpMRpxkKbhrhafB9gXQW750OgZVcKefKVvUBJ-_kcixdoudGPGWgZ_a7f7rJA/s577/Making_Stories_Gelbe_M%25C3%25BCtze-4+square+-+577.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="577" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEini321vPH7zrgibsB1nDLb0VQ888p-T-tPFFnv8x9LOXL9ZRUK5VIvpLCEGhmmMbAaEB479GFOwV32sdSpMRpxkKbhrhafB9gXQW750OgZVcKefKVvUBJ-_kcixdoudGPGWgZ_a7f7rJA/w359-h359/Making_Stories_Gelbe_M%25C3%25BCtze-4+square+-+577.png" width="359" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What is Giftalong 2020?</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now in its eighth year, the Indie Designer Giftalong is a celebration of independent knit and crochet designers combined with a massive make-along to encourage knitters and crocheters to have fun together while they get their holiday gift crafting done. The event mainly happens on Ravelry, but this year more will be happening on Instagram to support those who cannot use Ravelry safely.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #202020; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">Here is a link to the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/groups/indie-design-gift-a-long" target="_blank">Indie Design Giftalong Group</a> on Ravelry where you can find details on the kick-off pattern sale, view the tremendous list of participating designers, and learn how to join in on the make-alongs. Fun games, friendly chatter, and prizes galore to encourage you through your 2020 gift making right through the end of the year!</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana;">Here is the link to the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/indiegiftalong/" target="_blank">Instagram Giftalong Account</a> where you can find details on how to participate if you are not on Ravelry.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana;">I have been a participating designer in the Giftalong for eight years in a row. This year I am offering <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/bundles/gift-a-long-2020-126" target="_blank">18 patterns</a> which I sell on Ravelry with a 25% discount using the code <b>giftalong2020</b> through November 30, 11:59 EST.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana;">Please know that there are hundreds of designers offering thousands of patterns with the same discount code, and that you can participate in the make-alongs after the sale (through the end of the year) using any of the participating designers (not for free) patterns.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: verdana;">Happy Giftalong2020!!!</span></p>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608732168186029178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243628742988805386.post-45824153842275014542020-11-23T23:18:00.001-05:002020-11-24T12:06:06.551-05:00Contorta<span style="font-family: verdana;">Hello there!</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">2020 has been the worst. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am still here (in my own quiet way) just being me.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I do hope that you have been spared the worst and you are also able to just be you.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I did not yet post to my blog about<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/contorta-2" target="_blank"> Contorta...</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14QMaBsZPoLo3Yr2khntCmRxjgzTuAEwurMW-ik9eO-lDay1xa6lmIXWvKjg006IauR6tmDAdain0JTOeiQsKXT-FEJtEgCyDuvlM6VwoFft533wzGaNU9ENgw-K9SN5z0R-F2dNBB0A/s2048/Making_Stories_23-4-19_CMYK781+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="812" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14QMaBsZPoLo3Yr2khntCmRxjgzTuAEwurMW-ik9eO-lDay1xa6lmIXWvKjg006IauR6tmDAdain0JTOeiQsKXT-FEJtEgCyDuvlM6VwoFft533wzGaNU9ENgw-K9SN5z0R-F2dNBB0A/w540-h812/Making_Stories_23-4-19_CMYK781+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="540" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I love this top over (over the top) photo.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Beautiful depth.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This was my "pine tree story" which was </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">one of 11 "modern, minimalist" patterns featured in <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/making-stories-magazine-issue-2">Issue 2 of Making Stories Magazine</a>. The magazine was released in October 2019. I now have the rights to the design.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This pattern will be one of 18 that will be offered in my Ravelry store at a 25% discount from Nov 24 to Nov 30 2020.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you for reading and sorry it has been a while......... </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608732168186029178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243628742988805386.post-72672418387467961352018-12-15T11:10:00.001-05:002018-12-15T21:57:03.841-05:00New Design: SIDEREAL CHECK COWL<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yarn<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">DK weight yarn </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">348 yd 318 m Main Color (MC)<br />180 yd 165 m Contrast Color (CC)</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Earlier this year, I was thrilled to learn that I had been selected for The Fibre Co’s </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yarn Support Programme AW 18/19. Their </span><a href="https://www.thefibreco.com/product/arranmore-light/" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Arranmore Light</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> blends</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> cashmere and silk with a fine merino wool to create an authentic tweed yarn of the finest quality. I have always loved colorwork with tweed yarns.</span></div>
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I actually received yarn support for both the hat and a coordinating cowl that will be released two weeks from today, on December 13. These colorwork projects were inspired by high fashion garments featuring graphic variations of houndstooth check. I enjoyed charting some of these checks for stranded knitting.</div>
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The check pattern I use here was one of my favorites. I love how the background color appears as a series of four-pointed stars. ‘Sidereal’ means of or relating to distant stars or constellations.</div>
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The hat, with optional pompom, may be made in one of two sizes to fit most women (men).</div>
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<strong>Finished Measurements</strong><br />
18¼ (19¾)” 46.5 (50) cm un-stretched brim circumference and 10¾ (11¾)” 27.5 (30) cm un-cuffed height, will stretch to fit heads up to approximately 22 (24)” 56, (61) cm</div>
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DK weight yarn<br />
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152 (178) yd 139 (163) m Main Color (MC)<br />
38 (44) yd 35 (40) m Contrast Color (CC)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For many weeks, I have worked on design samples and pattern-writing for my upcoming designs... A hat design will be released in two weeks and a cowl two weeks later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am in need of a couple more test knitters for these designs (especially the cowl). Please consider test knitting one of these for me, if you have some experience knitting stranded colorwork from a chart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For a lot more information on the hat test knit see <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/the-testing-pool/3850293/1-25?jump=25#1">this post on Ravelry</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have made the deadlines for these projects quite flexible. I only ask that you would have a Ravelry project page with flattering WIP photos ready to link to my pattern page on its release date.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sidereal Check Hat coming November 29!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I look forward to hearing from you!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This has been a busy fall... <span style="font-size: x-small;">During the weeks that my </span><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/trinity-mountain-hat">Trinity Mountain Hat</a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> and </span><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/daphnis">Daphnis</a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> scarf designs were released I have spent time promoting them... I have also been working on two more designs that will definitely be released in 2018... A couple more are in the works and may be released shortly thereafter... These are also the weeks of the year when publishers everywhere are seeking design submissions for next fall........</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">~</span> <span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://www.swatchwarriors.com/">Swatch Warriors</a> ~</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The site is the brainchild of Yurika Kotze of South Africa -- a crochet designer who has a dayjob building ECommerce sites. This summer, after months of work, Yurika put out a call to designers on Ravelry to gauge interest in her yet to be launched curated pattern site. Enough designers, including myself, came on-board for the launch.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #001111;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Swatch Warriors is a deeply curated collection, quite different from Ravelry, whose primary goal is to be an all-inclusive fiber-arts database. Swatch Warriors sets itself apart with Yurika's curation. She has used her designer's eye and aesthetic to sift out what are the most beautiful, fresh and forward-thinking patterns that designers have to offer. The website is lovely and easily navigated, first by tool (needles or hook), and then by category. There are new patterns being added every week, and a fun featured 'Pattern of the Week'. I hope to contribute more designs to the site in the future.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #001111;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Please check it out. I think you will be glad that you did!</span></span><br />
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<br />Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608732168186029178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243628742988805386.post-76564612549938524712018-10-14T22:49:00.001-04:002018-10-16T12:31:19.795-04:00DAPHNIS -- Scarves etc 7 is here!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The cable crossings are unique in that three groups of stitches are crossed using two cable needles. (I found using two bamboo double-pointed needles worked even better for me than using cable needles.)<br />
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I loved using Osprey for Daphnis. It is a lofty, soft, plump and round wool yarn that has tremendous stitch definition -- perfect for the triple-cross Daphnis knitted cables. The Aran weight Osprey worked up beautifully to make a substantially-sized piece that is light and lofty. The Nightshade colorway is a favorite of mine, but there are dozens more to choose from.</div>
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Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608732168186029178noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243628742988805386.post-48634665426113435422018-10-08T09:33:00.001-04:002018-10-08T19:57:01.468-04:00Coming Soon: Scarves Etc 7<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The first one was <a href="https://quinceandco.com/collections/scarves-etc-2012/products/scarves-2012#">Scarves etc 2012</a>.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> I was very lucky that year, as a new knitwear designer, to have my cowl, </span><a href="https://quinceandco.com/collections/scarves-etc-2012/products/jonna" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Jonna</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> selected for Quince & co's first annual collection of scarves, cowls, wraps and shawls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Every year since 2012, the yarn company has put together a Scarves etc neckware collection, having published a total of 76 designs in six years. A handful of times over the years, I have submitted design proposals when I have seen their calls for submissions. My ideas were not selected until the call late last year...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A new design of mine will be one of 10 in the new Scarves, etc 7 to be released on Thursday, October 11! It is so rewarding to have finally got back in again!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Quince is so amazing to work with. One of my favorite people at Quince is Jerusha, who just posted about <a href="https://quinceandco.com/blogs/news/scarves-etc-through-the-years?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+quinceandco-blog+%28Quince+and+Co+-+Blog%29">Scarves, etc through the years</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As before the release of Jonna, I have not yet seen any of the Quince photography for my new design with the sample that I made this spring. I can hardly wait to see them, and the other 9 designs in the Scarves etc 7 lookbook on Thursday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can go to the post by Jerusha, and click through the link at the bottom to sign up for Quince email announcements... or follow me here, or on <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/designers/carolyn-kern">Ravelry</a>, but especially on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/carolyn_kern/">Instagram</a>.</span></div>
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Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608732168186029178noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243628742988805386.post-10113197928329067602018-09-29T11:00:00.001-04:002018-09-29T11:00:38.039-04:00New Design: TRINITY MOUNTAIN HAT<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My latest design, <a href="https://www.spinnery.com/shop/patterns/hats/trinity-mountain-hat-259/">Trinity Mountain Hat</a>, was recently released by Green Mountain Spinnery. It was a fun and colorful project!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I designed the hat to show off GMS's brand new DK weight <a href="https://www.spinnery.com/product-category/yarn/ragg-time-yarn/">Ragg-Time </a>yarn. This 100% wool yarn comes in many stunning colorways.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The "Holiday" colorway, on top above, was sent for me to work with for my hat design. This colorway is actually more of a gradient yarn with long lengths of color that do not repeat within one skein. This became evident once I wound my skein into a ball.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The stitch pattern continues through the decreasing of the crown. The pompom is optional.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">13¼ (16½, 19¾)” / 33.5 (42, 50) cm un-stretched circumference<br /> (will stretch to fit heads up to approximately 19 (22, 25)” / 48.5 (56, 63.5) cm).<br /> 10½ (11½, 12)” / 26.5 (29, 30.5) cm un-cuffed height.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">View the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/trinity-mountain-hat">Trinity Mountain Hat</a> on Ravelry for more information.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">Both <a href="https://www.spinnery.com/shop/patterns/hats/trinity-mountain-hat-259/">pattern</a> and <a href="https://www.spinnery.com/product-category/yarn/ragg-time-yarn/">yarn</a> are available at the Green Mountain Spinnery website.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">Also see <a href="https://www.spinnery.com/yarn/2018/09/all-that-jazz/">this GMS blog post</a> for more information on Ragg-Time yarn and other ideas for using it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It has been a year now since our trip to three national parks in the Rocky Mountains. (I have been told that it may not be correct to group all of these mountains together with my "Rocky Mountain" label, but it works for me.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This first photo is my favorite shot from <a href="https://www.nps.gov/glac/index.htm">Glacier National Park</a> on the Canadian border in Montana. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I did not take it. Dave Kuharchick, a local TV personality who was touring with us, shot it with my iPhone 7 plus. He was sitting at the window during that part of our <a href="https://www.glacierparkcollection.com/glacier-national-park/red-bus-tours/">Red Bus tour</a>. I learned a lot while watching him (quickly) set the focus and zoom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We were sincerely told that our views on that rainy day were far better than those we would have seen on days (before or after) when the smoke of wildfires dominated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All of these shots were from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going-to-the-Sun_Road">Going to the Sun Highway</a>. (<span style="background-color: white;">The roadway is the first to have been registered in all of the following categories: </span>National Historic Place<span style="background-color: white;">,</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span>National Historic Landmark<span style="background-color: white;"> and </span>Historic Civil Engineering Landmark<span style="background-color: white;">.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> The length of the road is approximately 50 miles and spans the width of the park between the east and west entrance stations.)</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My Part 3 Rocky Mountain Post will be all about Yellowstone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608732168186029178noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243628742988805386.post-63515739422454411872018-03-12T13:08:00.000-04:002018-03-19T22:31:12.617-04:00(didn't know I was) Playing Yarn Chicken<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One of my knitwear design highlights in 2017 was my <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/no-wrong-side-hat">No-Wrong-Side Hat </a>which I created for<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> The Fibre Co’s Fall 2017 Yarn Support Programme.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Please see my <a href="https://carolynkernknits.blogspot.com/2017/11/new-design-no-wrong-side-hat.html">design release post</a> from November to read about the reversibilty of this hat (two hats in one).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The pattern has three sizes: 15½ (18¼, 20¾)” [39.5 (46.5, 52.5) cm] circumference. The two smaller sizes can easily be made with one skein of lovely, silky and lofty Tundra. The largest size will take a bit more...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Or so I calculated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I did NOT make the largest size No-Wrong-Side Hat in Tundra before I published the pattern. (My test knitters did but with other yarns.) Shortly after publication I made one for Mr K, and...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With only one yard to spare!!! (as shown in photo)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have been adding 5% to my yardage calculations for a long time now. This was originally suggested to me by the tech editor for my <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/paper-lanterns-7">Socks That Rock Design</a>, <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/designers/sandi-rosner">Sandy Rosner</a>, and it only makes sense...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Using my swatches and design samples, I do my best to calculate yardage requirements, and then I add 5%. I strive to guarantee that others have success knitting my designs -- which means not having to play the game of yarn chicken (i.e., will I, or won't I, run out of yarn?). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the case of the largest No-Wrong-Side hat in Tundra, a 5% buffer means that you will need a second skein to be certain that you will not run out of yarn. But, of course, you may not need it...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Perhaps you can ask about the return policy where you purchase your yarn... Perhaps you can make a second hat... Perhaps you can wait a bit for the release of my next mitt design...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A pair of mitts will take far less than one skein of Tundra.<br />I will keep you posted. 😉<br />❤❤❤ </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This seems a very good time to revisit my <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/equilibrium-cowl">Equilibrium Cowl</a> design which was originally published in <i>Knitscene Accessories, 2012</i>. (My first magazine!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This reversible cowl was designed to be a great learning project in stranded knitting. You can learn much more about the technique in my own <a href="https://carolynkernknits.blogspot.com/2013/08/two-handed-stranded-colorwork-tutorial.html">Two-Handed Stranded Colorwork Tutorial</a>. In fact, all of the photos in my tutorial are of me knitting the Equilibrium stitch patterns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are a Knitting Daily email subscriber you might already know that Interweave is currently offering an <a href="https://www.interweave.com/store/equilibrium-cowl-knitting-kit">Equilibrium Cowl Kit</a> with 2 skeins of the very same yarn that I used for the original design sample... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cascade Yarns Eco Alpaca (100% undyed alpaca; 220 yd 201 m/100 g) <br style="line-height: 1em;" />• #1520 black (MC), 1 skein <br style="line-height: 1em;" />• #1510 natural (CC), 1 skein</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Included in the kit is a digital copy of Knitscene Accessories, 2012.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In addition, you will need a 16" circular needle to get gauge (US Size 8, 5mm recommended), a stitch marker and tapestry needle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Knitscene editor Hannah Baker wrote a lovely article describing the cowl, </span><a href="https://www.interweave.com/article/knitting/learn-to-knit-interweave-workshops/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Irresistible Reversible Knits: One Cowl, Two Ways</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Please check it out if you have the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are currently <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/equilibrium-cowl/people">88 Equilibrium Cowl Projects</a> on Ravelry in every color of the rainbow! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for reading.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">❤❤❤</span></div>
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When I swatched this stitch pattern, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was quite surprised to find that the reverse side of the fabric was a stitch pattern in itself – a very fluid rib-cable. It did not look like the “wrong side” of a piece of knitting. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I worked out a double brim that compliments both sides of the hat. I also created a decreasing crown that flows from the stitch pattern on both sides of the hat.</span></div>
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</b>15½ (18¼, 20¾)” [39.5 (46.5, 52.5) cm] circumference and 8¼” [21 cm] high,<br />will stretch to fit heads up to approximately 19 (22, 24)” [48.5 (56, 61) cm].<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Three of my local knitting friends kindly and helpfully agreed to test the pattern in the Fibre Co Tundra. After which, I ran a successful second test knit on Ravelry. (I love all of my test knitters!)<br /><br />This pattern is now available on Ravelry at an introductory reduced price of $3.75 until the end of the day (11:59 EST) December 4. After that, the pattern will be available at its regular price of $5.00.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My No-Wrong-Side Hat is a fun and quick-to-knit project... perfect for gift knitting. Because I am a participating designer in the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/groups/indie-design-gift-a-long">Ravelry Indie Gift-A-Long</a>, this hat is an eligible pattern for participation in the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/indie-design-gift-a-long/3707359/1-25">GAL2017 HATS & OTHER HEAD THINGS KAL/CAL</a>, where you will find all the love and support you could wish for... as you finish your own gift knitting goals... along with fun games and many prizes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The 5th annual Ravelry Indie Design Gift-A-Long is almost here! I am super excited to announce this </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">multi-designer promotion to help you kick your holiday gift-making into high gear!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Indie Design Gift-A-Long is a 6 week long KAL/CAL of holiday gift projects made with patterns designed by an extensive list of (would you believe 312 in 2017?) independent designers. And, it all begins with an enormous pattern sale!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">From November 21, 2017 at 8:00 pm US EST to December 31, 2017 at midnight US EST there will be fun games, contests, tons of prizes, and 8 KAL/CALs that will help you get your holiday knitting and crocheting done with companionship and fun! This party will be happening in the </span><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/groups/indie-design-gift-a-long" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ravelry Indie Design Gift-A-Long Group</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">From November 21, 2017 at 8:00 pm US EST to November 28th at 11:59pm US EST (312, including me) indie designers will be discounting between 10 to 20 of their patterns 25% for this event. Use coupon code: </span><strong style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">giftalong2017</strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Once you’ve got your Gift-A-Long patterns, I encourage you to join a relevant KAL/CAL! (For instance, if it is a cowl, please join the Cowls, Scarves, & Other Neck Things KAL/CAL.) To join, simply write a post in the KAL/CAL thread you want to join, including the pattern name you will be knitting and a link to your project page. KAL/CAL participants are eligible for lots of lovely prizes but you’ve got to post to win</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><strong style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please Note: all prize winners must be (<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/groups/indie-design-gift-a-long">indie design gift-a-long</a>) group members! </strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">KAL/CALs will run from November 21, 2017 at 8:00 pm US EST to December 31, 2017 at midnight US EST, plenty of time to knock out all your holiday knitting and crocheting. We have tons of prizes, games, and great conversation, plus a lot of other fun, so pull up a chair and join us!</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On your mark…get set….<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/groups/indie-design-gift-a-long"> GIFT</a>!!!</span></strong></div>
Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608732168186029178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243628742988805386.post-25538262361747507352017-11-14T19:24:00.000-05:002017-11-15T11:28:11.283-05:00The Fibre Co Tundra<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To sum up my last post: I was selected</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> as a designer for The Fibre Co’s Fall 2017 Yarn Support Programme. My new hat pattern will be released on Ravelry on November 28. It was July when I took this photo of the Tundra yarn that TFC sent for my hat. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I want to tell you more about this fabulous yarn that is Tundra. The fiber content is 60% baby alpaca, 30% merino and 10% silk. A 100g skein measures 120 yards (110 meters).</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the words of The Fibre CO, "</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tundra, began life as the search for the answer to a simple question, 'If The Fibre Co. were to create a bulky yarn, what would it be?' Our answer came from our passion for all natural fibre content that add depth and softness to hand mades. We took a much loved formula of baby alpaca, merino and silk and worked it into a 2 ply that gives a pleasing, well-rounded appearance."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The round smoothness of the yarn adds great stitch definition, which you can see here in the swatch photos that were a part of my design proposal. The stitch pattern is named "Sunburst Check" in Barbara G Walker's Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns. The swatch was knit in the Boreal colorway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A single swatch for a hat that has no wrong side. The top photo shows the right side when knitting... the lower photo shows the reverse side. Turn the hat inside-out... to find a new hat.</span><br />
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Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608732168186029178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243628742988805386.post-25514967445522293342017-11-12T09:24:00.000-05:002017-11-14T14:36:17.617-05:00Let's Start at the Very Beginning<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A very good place to start!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I do love this timeline, because it will <b><i>climax</i></b> almost exactly one year to the date that it all began.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On November 29, 2016, I sent a proposal to <a href="https://www.thefibreco.com/">The Fibre Co</a> (maker of many of the very best yarns on the planet). I hoped to be selected as one of their Autumn/Winter 2017/18 designers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That did not happen. Yet I was placed on a TFC potential designer list to receive an email announcement for their "Yarn Support for Indie Designers - Request no. 1". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The request came in March.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My proposal went back in April.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Early in May, the email to let me know that my (really cool, uniquely reversible) hat was selecte</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d.</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I was selected as a designer for The Fibre Co’s Fall 2017 Yarn Support Programme!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I proposed the hat be knit in the yarn I used for swatching, the amazing lofty and light, bulky weight, <a href="https://www.thefibreco.com/product/tundra/">Tundra</a>, and TFC sent two skeins in th</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">e Taiga colorway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(Note: Both photos in this post were taken July 26. My love of flowers, and color, and hummingbirds, and summer, all distracted me and lead me to take that first photo.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Fibre Co requested a late fall date for the release of my hat pattern. I selected November 28. It will be my </span><a href="https://carolynkernknits.blogspot.com/2011/08/some-things-i-know-about-grandma-s.html" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">grandmother's </a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">110th birthday. I hope she knows how much she gave to me and how often I think of her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The hat pattern will be available on Ravelry, November 28, 2017.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608732168186029178noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243628742988805386.post-91128894683743731492017-10-24T22:43:00.000-04:002017-10-30T22:01:02.762-04:00Our Rocky Mountain Trip - Part 1<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Been blogging for a number of years now. Mostly about knitting. Mostly not about the personal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One day, in mid-September 2017, Mr K and I hit the thing called our 30th wedding anniversary. To pre-celebrate, just a couple of weeks earlier, we took a trip to the great American northwest and the Rocky Mountains.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Been Insta-gramming all of this... (somewhat slowly)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">First there were the Cascade Mountains.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mr K shot this one (with my iPhone) from the plane to Seattle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">we took an overnight trainride to whitefish Montana... barely sleeping... passing through the almost 8 mile long Cascade Mountain Tunnel, arriving at sunrise in Whitefish Montana.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This long distance view shows the hazy smoke from distant forest fires. We learned that forest fires are not always a bad thing (if controlled), in our national forests.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We were in a national forest and on top of the continental divide. And in the Rocky's.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If not on top of the world, it was definitely on the top of the continent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That is Montana. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Part 2 coming before too long.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is very possible that new knitting will come sooner...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you have been following along, you might remember that my latest (3rd party) magazine pattern is my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/walnut-cowl">Walnut Cowl</a>,<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">which currently is featured in <a href="https://www.interweave.com/store/knitscene-fall-2017-digital-edition?utm_source=ravelry.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=iw-alo-rv-170705-Magazine-ksFall17">Interweave Knits Fall 2017</a>, now on newsstands and in knitting stores everywhere.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On Ravelry, my newest pattern, <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/godiva-mitts">Godiva Mitts</a>, is slowly becoming one of my most popular indie designs.<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then just before July came to an end, I learned that a book with two of my designs had been published.</span><br />
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My <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/winding-road-mitts-2">Winding Road Mitts</a> and the companion <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/winding-road-convertible-cowl">Winding Road Convertible Cowl</a> were designed in the Summer of 2014. They were selected to be published in a book tentatively titled <em>60-Minute Knits</em> to be published by Stackpole Books in Spring 2016.</div>
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The book was put on a hold after the company was sold in December 2015. It was not put back into production until October 2016.</div>
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It seems a very long time ago for me in my design career. But finally, in July 2017, the book has been published with the title <u><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Knits-Day-Quick-Complete-Three/dp/0811716228?SubscriptionId=AKIAIVR5RCD3ZTXIG7RA&tag=ravelry-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0811716228">KNITS IN A DAY</a></u>.</div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As editor Candi Derr wrote,</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Sometimes when you realize you need a new hat or mittens--It’s going to be freezing tomorrow and I’m going hiking! It’s my best friend’s birthday and I don’t have a gift!--you need it NOW! This is the book you can turn to again and again for just the right pattern, knowing that every project in it can be completed in a matter of minutes or hours.”<br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br />And these <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/winding-road-mitts-2">Winding Road Mitts</a> took a little more than one hour each.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am very happy to have just released my latest indie design, </span><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/godiva-mitts" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">GODIVA MITTS</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. Like most of my designs, it has been a long time coming...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The spark began last spring when I focused on the diamond shape of a single</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> ‘aran’ fishermen’s style cable... I was looking at one beautiful cable, and I thought of fitting it onto the back of a hand to make a mitt -- allowing its gently tapering width to enhance the shaping of the mitt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I had the image of a small, dainty, fitted mitt and I knew that I wanted it to be sweet and feminine. I decided to fill the cable with some lacy open-work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I charted and then swatched the cable panel using a skein of yarn in my stash, </span><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/knit-picks-capretta" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Knit Picks Capretta</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> in the Cream colorway. Then, somewhere in between August and September I made the </span><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/ckknit/godiva-mitts-2" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">first pair</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> of Godiva Mitts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My friends at </span><a href="http://www.goshyarnitshop.com/" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Gosh Yarn It!</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> loved them when I brought them in on a regular Thursday "knit night" in October.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After other design obligations were met, I made the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/ckknit/godiva-mitts">second pair</a> of Godiva's using a single skein of <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/mango-moon-mulberry-meadow">Mango Moon Mulberry Meadow</a> in the Rain Cloud colorway. These have a longer cuff -- a simple change, but one that gives the mitts a different look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">7½” [19 cm]
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The cream-colored mitts are 7” [18 cm] long, with a 2</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">½” [6.5 cm] </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">cuff</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The gray mitts are 8½” [21.5 cm] long, with a 4" [10 cm] cuff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This pattern is available on Ravelry at an introductory reduced price of $3.75 until midnight (GMT) July 21. After that the pattern will be available at its regular price of $5.00.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">IF YOU ARE US<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ING DOUBLE-POINTED NEEDLES... Y</span>ou will need to introduce another needle before you can knit in the round. I suggest that you place the first 5 sts from the lower needle on a third dpn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">knit 9 sts for the top of thumb</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">... <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ignore the floats<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> attached to two of these... let them <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"float<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">" <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">behind your work,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />There is one more step to the afterthought thumb. More often than not you will have a hole on one or both sides of the thumb. If your holes are as noticeable as the one shown below, they will require a stitch or two to sew closed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Usually you can use the tail that was created when you joined your yarn to begin knitting the thumb. (If not use a new piece of yarn and weave its end in to start.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">No more holes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All that my mitten needs now is a nice bath. Stranded colorwork evens itself out beautifully after a gentle hand-washing. Use lukewarm water and mild soap, rinse, blot out excess moisture and lay flat to air dry.</span><br />
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</span>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608732168186029178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243628742988805386.post-88514194584707448752017-05-18T12:09:00.000-04:002017-05-29T09:53:03.444-04:00THE PICK-UP (Part 2 of 3 - The Afterthought Thumb)<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is Part 2 (of 3) of my mini-tutorial on the afterthought thumb used in making my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/multi-pane-mittens">Multi-Pane Mittens</a>. Part 1 was <a href="https://carolynkernknits.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-forethought-step-1-of-3.html">T</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://carolynkernknits.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-forethought-step-1-of-3.html">HE FORETHOUGHT</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">THE PICK UP.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Before</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> you can knit the thumb of your mitten, you will have to place the thumb stitches on needles, and remove the waste yarn. The Multi-Pane Mitten pattern has step by step instructions with photos. This tutorial will show <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the process in greater detail</span>.</span> </span></span><br />
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left, pick up 9 sts below waste yarn. (If you think of each knit stitch as a
‘V’ with a right and a left leg, you will be picking up the right leg of each ‘V’
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to be a half stitch to the left, and some of the 'V's will be have two different colored legs<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> --</span> but once again, pick up the right side of each
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hint: Your <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">9</span> picked up sts should begin and end with B.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now your mitten has a thumb hole. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Some of the upper 9</span> stitches will have floats attached. Don't let them scare you. Tuck them into the mitten, and try to ignore them<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">T</span>hey really will not be a problem<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and will stay behind the work after the first round of the thumb<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> is knit.</span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What a lovely thumb hole<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My next post <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">is</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> on knitting <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and finishing the thumb.</span></span> </span></span><br />
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</span></span>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608732168186029178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243628742988805386.post-30488916528460605772017-05-15T10:26:00.002-04:002017-05-29T09:48:35.644-04:00THE FORETHOUGHT (Part 1 of 3 - The Afterthought Thumb)<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is Part 1 (of 3) of my mini-tutorial on the afterthought thumb used in making my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/multi-pane-mittens">Multi-Pane Mittens</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When you reach <b>round 16</b> of the mitten chart you will cement in place the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">loc</span>ation of the thumb... A <b>major</b> event in making your mitten... and yet, so easily done.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For the same reasons that your right and left mitten will mirror each other, the thumbs will be placed in opposing positions on <b>round 16 </b>for each mitten. In this post I will show photos for the first (the right) mitten in the pattern.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For round 16 of the right mitten, you knit one stitch in color A and then knit 9 stitches with your waste yarn.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">[For the left mitten, you work round 16 as all previous rounds until 11 stitches remain. At that point, you knit </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">9 stitches with your waste yarn.]</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In either case, for each mitten, the thumb location has now been established. For each mitten the next instruction is, "</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">slip these 9 sts from <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">righ</span>t needle back to <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">lef</span>t
needle</span>." <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I recommend that y</span>ou slip them one at a time<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, w</span>hich looks something like this.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And results in this.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At this point you go back to following the chart. For the right mitten shown here you begin with the second stitch of of Row 16. For the left mitten you begin with the fourteenth stitch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />You will be knitting into <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the 9 stitches made of waste yarn.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With a</span>ll <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">necessary</span> <i><b>forethought</b></i> for your afterthought thumb <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">accomplished,</span> you can happily knit on t<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">o the tip of your mitten.</span> My next post <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">is</span> on <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">picking up the<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> stitches to knit the afterthought thumb.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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