The beauty of hand knitting is that if a particular part of a pattern does not work for you, it can be modified. There are many different ways to knit sock heels. There are many different feet. This works out well. If you want to read more about the genesis of this Sock Heel book series, please continue reading ».
Dutch Heel eBook
$2.50
This “generic” heel generally fits any foot.
German Heel eBook
$2.50
The extra garter stitch edge to the heel flap helps eliminate saggy gussets and provides a snug fit.
French Heel eBook
$2.50
This rounded heel is perfect for those who are sensitive to tags, snags and lumps.
Welsh Heel eBook
$2.50
This is a very hard-wearing heel that leads the knitter on quite the adventure along the way.
I’m off on vacation with the family and finally have a second to post! YAY!
First, I have a new cowl pattern for you! My sister asked me a few months ago if it was possible to make a knit möbius… so I designed a cowl for her! The pattern repeat is Fawn’s Eyes
because my sister is a real-life Snow White. (more…)
In the book you will find 28 patterns written by designers you may be familiar with (some returning from the first Defarge book) and new designers I’m thrilled to introduce to you.
As in the previous book, we have a range of difficulty levels so everyone should be able to find something to love. You can see pretty pics at Ravelry. As before, I think you’ll find yourself falling in love with these women (and a man! Yes!) who have created these lovely patterns for you. Their essays and stories of their acts of creation are heartfelt, honest, and in few cases, just darn funny. While building the book I, over-and-over, felt myself nodding in agreement, knowing I’d found a kindred spirit.
I hope you feel the same.
To celebrate our release—and to give something back to all of you who make this possible—we have some goodies we’d like to send to you!
If you’ve already pre-ordered the book, check your inbox or spam filter this afternoon! The links to the goodies should appear!
If you haven’t already ordered the book (what are you waiting for?) you have two choices:
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Digital only $16.95
or
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Featuring Designs by:
Kate Atherley, Alex Aulisi, Carrie Bradfield, Cassandra Deavers, Todd Gocken, Becky Greene, Hunter Hammersen, Erica Hernandez, Becky Herrick, Shelia January, Deirdre Kennedy, AnneLena Mattison, Jennifer Mauser, Wendy McDonnell, Heather Ordover, Laura Ricketts, Kathleen Rogers, Natalie Servant, Penny Shima Glanz, Saranac Hale Spencer, Julia Temisevä, Diane Trap, Meg Warren
Daisy has become a bit of a meme and her hats have moved up in the world with her. Why not throw another hat (ahem) into the ring?
What we can glean: Daisy’s hat is a beret (or tam). It’s simple. The yarn looks vintage and the back of it seems to run in completely concentric circles. I’ve worked at making a reasonable knitted facsimile (of what could well be a crocheted original) using a comfy, stretchy finished edge, a differently patterned brim to frame your sweet face, and a jogless, clearly circled back.
Note: Though knit at exactly the same gauge, the Pediboo yarn is slipperier and made a slouchier/heavier hat than the Nature Spun. The drapiness of the bamboo definitely affected the final product.
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Actually, I drink more tea these days, but a tea cozy is a totally different thing.
This puppy fits a cup from that place that’s named after a character from Moby Dick but has an odd-looking green mermaid as it’s logo (ahem, which lets those of you who hate the place overlook that I’m using their cups as units of measure).
This little pattern is part of my plaited cast-on class, but there is enough information in here for you to teach yourself.
I know. That seems silly, but I thought you’d like to learn even if I can’t be right there to teach you—plus there’s another pattern we use in the class, too.
It’s simple.
It’s great practice for British and Continental knitting.
It works well with wickedly varied handspun (I used some of my earliest in one of my test-runs).
It’s quick and easy.
And the nice thing about the plaited cast-on is that even if you mess up, it’ll look really cool (ask me how I know).
We’re finally close enough to the release of What(else)Would Madame Defarge Knit?
that I can start to tell you about some of the goodies you’ll find inside.
Like over 250 pages!
Color Photos!
Over 25 rockin’ patterns!
(Did I mention color pictures?)
Returning Defarge vol. 1 designers!
Big Fun! No Whammies!
One of the patterns (it was all I had time for) is from me—
and this is one of those happy things where, as I designed it,
I kept getting more and more excited.
Yaaayyyy!
::embed crazy muppet wave!::
Here’s what I can tell you:
it’s a sock;
it’s based on a male character;
the character is from a book we’ve done on CraftLit;
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I haven’t knit all of the patterns in my first book.
I meant to.
I wanted to.
I’d planned to.
But… well… that’s a lot of patterns. I have knit a few (and am happy to report that I continue to be overwhelmed and hugely proud of the book, it’s essays, and its patterns) but I have to fess up and say that Jane’s Ubiquitous Shawl scared the bejujus out of me.
I don’t know why.
I designed and knit two of the Defarge Shawls (and for Heaven’s sake, it’s a monster), but somehow a pattern I designed seemed less unnerving to me.
Not only have I spent a couple of years seeing pictures of Jane, but I’ve seen the original in person.
It’s gorgeous.
Truly. GORgeous. The kind of thing that when you pull it out of the box in front of a bunch of knitters in a studio full of knitted items people gasp.
That good.
Personally, I think this has to do with the meaning behind the design as much as the design itself. Erica Hernandez, the designer, went to town on her essay and research as much as she did on her design. She pulled every quote she could find from the book, documenting the fact that whenever something serious or important happened to Jane she was grabbing, touching, or wrapping herself in her shawl.
I don’t want to spoil the joy and surprise you get from reading Erica’s essay in the book, but each section has deeper meaning. Starting with the central diamond pattern (which is what I’m working my way through now–anticipating I’ll run out of time in later weeks during our Knit-aLong).
Right now I’m about halfway through the first chart, but don’t let that stop you from joining in. The pattern starts in the middle and builds out to the edges. This means it’s a fast knit to start with. We’ve also planned the KAL to be six weeks long. We know it’s a busy time for knitters—it is for us too—but we wanted to be sure you could listen to Jane Eyre while knitting and that meant we had to start last Friday.
I’ll post progress here from time-to-time but feel free to plunge into the fun whenever the spirit moves you. Jane would always be happy to have you show up whenever—and so would we.
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