Swatching

Inversion Gansey

Maybe the Interweave Knits editors chose the name "Inversion Gansey" because the lace patterns used on the body are inverted on the sleeves, since they are worked from the top down?


Lace Cable Rib Pullover

Pattern now available!  This top-down pullov


That's What You Get

I usually try to suggest several alternative yarn choices for each of my patterns.


Design Process: Plaited Tam

From FILATI Lavori a maglia #14 (a magazine of knitting patterns I found in a kiosk in the Milano Centrale train station):


Sometimes swatches lie

I decided to knit myself a Plaited Tam, but I want


Yarns for Cambia Capelet

I usually like to suggest some possible alternative yarns for my patterns:  I like to hit several yarn price points (and maybe if we're lucky, some of those yarns can be found on sale), some k


Which is better, One or Two?

In the last month I've taken myself and both of my sons for eye exams, which is perhaps why I have that phrase, "Which is better, one...


Rhodopsin*

I've been doing a lot of swatching in the past few weeks, both for unbloggable projects and for this capelet (thanks,