“Annetarsia Knits” entered the Unicorn warehouse this week, and 34 cases of books immediately were put on new transport and left the building. 32 cases are coming to me, and 2 cases to Village Yarn and Fiber, to be distributed to the Dizzy knitters who helped shape the book. Bill and I are leaving town […]
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June 21st was my Gramma Gray’s birthday. I always remembered her birthday because it was on the Longest Day of the year. Gramma was very important to me, growing up – she and Grampa moved across the country from Ohio to be with us after they retired, and they supported me through lots of tough […]
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Jun
Jun
Yep, taking care of the ends was about a 10 minute job. I got it done at the office, while waiting for all of the computers to boot up. There is a little pile of ends to show for it. Although I haven’t knit the thumb yet, and it still needs to be blocked, I […]
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Jun
Jun
It happens to everyone, even me. Those of you who think that I escape the Cat spit stage because I am magic, or something…no. Not true. To prove it, here is the Craftsy plaid mitt that I knit last night. I didn’t do any tidying as I went, this is right off the needles, and […]
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Jun
Jun
I’m in the mood to knit Annetarsia! How about you? The PDF for “Annetarsia Knits” goes live on Monday, the Craftsy sale is bringing lots of new students to “Next Steps in Intarsia” , and I want to knit along with everyone that I hope is picking up their colors and giving Annetarsia a whirl. […]
Have you tried my new Annetarsia technique yet? It makes knitting intarsia fast and rhythmic. Here’s a cheat-sheet of tips that will help make your intarsia knitting projects fun and successful. These are tips that I am posting on Twitter all month, but they are here – if you need to refer to them! The […]
The days are speeding by, and Sunday is the last day to pre-order “Annetarsia Knits” PDF at a reduced price! On Monday, they will be delivered electronically, and everyone can see what the team has been working on for the past few years! I’m excited to see Annetarsia go out into the world, and to […]
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Jun
Jun
I asked Sarah Jaworowicz, book designer, to guest blog about how she designed “Annetarsia Knits”. The PDF will go live on June 9th, one short week from today! This is the last week that the PDF will be available at the reduced pre-order pricing. Also, as good as the book looks in PDF, it looks […]
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May
May
I’m getting requests for more information about how to actually create the Yarn Butterflies (YB’s) for “Bold Move”. As it happens, I am preparing to make a second version of the project. The MC is bright purple and the CC is Neon Green, so I am calling it “Bolder Move”. So, I photographed the […]
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May
May
I have incorporated computers into my life pretty extensively. We moved to electronic health records years ago. I post to Twitter and Facebook, I take and edit photos on my phone, and figured out how to do a blog, didn’t I? For someone who learned trigonometry on a slide rule, I think I’ve adapted really […]