Every serious craftsman values their tools. Carpenters, for example, have rooms of them, and no one talks about how much they spend on tools and how much room they take. Well, those of us who make cloth need lots of tools. Looms, knitting needles, crochet hooks, measuring devices, and YARN! Lots and lots of yarn. […]
Tag Archives: patty lyons
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Jun
Jun
Hey, everybody. It’s been over a month since I have been able to post, and I will try to explain why, but after a full month I am coming to accept that we may never have all the answers. Friday, May 28th was a normal workday. I had a routine appt with my GP over […]
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May
May
It’s been a very busy few weeks. I taught for VKL in May, and offered a new class for my Stripe series: the search for a Jogless Jog. Teaching a class for the first time is always stressful, and I worked really hard in preparation. All of the classes went well, the students were just […]
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Apr
Apr
I started knitting the back, and it is progressing very well. However, I had this niggling worry while knitting that I needed to do one more swatch. You see, I really believe in swatching for a project the way you plan to knit it: the same yarn, needles, stitch pattern. When I swatched for this […]
I’ll be honest. The reason I signed up for the Gramercy Park Video KAL was that Patty Lyons, the designer, mentioned a super-stretchy CO method for lace. I am a sucker for learning new ways to cast-on for projects. The fiddlier, the better. When I swatch new yarn just to see what it looks like […]
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Apr
Apr
My first set of swatches, detailed on yesterday’s post, measured slightly larger than the expected stitch/row gauge called for by the Gramercy Park pattern. This is normal, as we all knit differently – we are not machines. I like the fabric, but wondered if I might like it BETTER if it was slightly denser. So, […]
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Apr
Apr
Patty Lyons is a brilliant knitting teacher, designer and communicator, one of the hardest working people that I know, and I am grateful to say that she is my friend. We have bonded over our love of musical theater and our constant search for how to be better teachers and better communicators. We are actually […]