Yeah, I use doilies in my house. I do. I have doilies my grandmother made, some that I’ve found at antique shops, and some that have just appeared as if magically, with no indication of how they got here. My decor is simply called “Shit I like” and so I can combine things of any […]
I’d like to share a success report: I just got back from a weekend traveling to San Diego to promote Stories In Stitches™ at the winter TNNA show. Ava and I had two shawls in the fashion show on the Friday night, and they stole the show. We were giddy listening to the oohs and […]
The first thing you will probably notice when you visit Vilnius yarn shops is how many of the yarns and brands you recognize.
Open House at Sheep to Shawl Studio Select Saturdays from 11am-4pm January 25 February 22 March 15 Bring your knitting. Have some tea! Come spend the day with me at my new studio at 315 Elm Street in Barton, Vermont. I just moved to Vermont last year, and it’s time for me to meet some knitters. I […]
If you’re not in the New Years Pi Shawl KAL yet, join in on my Ravelry group or Google+ community so you can listen to me read aloud from Stories In Stitches 2. I’ll be starting to post the recordings this week. Ravelryhttps://www.ravelry.com/discuss/fans-of-donna-druchunas/2766020/ Google+https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/105612505535742294451
Merry Christmas. Did you try the charting challenge from Dorothy Ready? If you did, here’s a little gift for you — the solution! Here’s a version she made for a workshop handout: Here’s the version she drew up to include in her book on charting, which never was published. This version shows 2 vertical repeats: […]
When you know the person who gave you a recipe, be it for baking cookies or knitting a sweater, you don’t need all the details written down. What the prevalence of line-by-line, hand-holding knitting patterns tells me, is the sad story that we aren’t passing down our skills from grandmother to mother to daughter any […]
I’ve got another book to tell you about today. This one’s about skill building and style. The book is “Reversible Scarves: Curing the Wrong Side Blues” by Audrey Knight.
Want to know more about me? Read this new interview with Robin Hunter…How to become a Professional Knitter – Robin Hunter Designs: An Interview with…Donna Druchunasknittingrobin.blogspot.com
At its simplest, an Aran sweater is a heavily textured garment, decorated with combinations of stitch patterns that most often emphasize intricate cable patterning, sometimes also embellished with bobbles, and frequently worked in creamy or white yarn.