a week of friends, indie businesses, and knitting one repeat at a time
Each Wednesday, I post a snapshot of the projects I’m working on, and where my brain is at.
What do I have swirling around my brain right now?
Supporting friends.
Supporting small, indie businesses.
Knitting one repeat at a time.
These are the things swirling around in my head right now.
Supporting friends, even when it means carving out time that you feel like you don’t have.
Supporting small, indie businesses, even when it would be faster or cheaper not to.
Knitting one repeat at a time, even when it feels like one repeat is no progress.
Supporting friends.
Michele Wang, who I’m lucky enough to count as a friend, was in town last weekend doing a couple events for the release of her new Capsule collection for Brooklyn Tweed! So I swung by Purl Soho on Friday evening to pick up a copy, pet all the samples, and give Michele a congratulations hug.
The collection is incredible, the fit of the sweaters and the quality of the book is impeccable – but then again I’d expect nothing else from BT or Michele. Michele made a video about the collection over on her youtube channel, if you want to see more of it.
Supporting small, indie businesses.
I’ve been eyeing Deer and Doe’s Fumeterre Skirt pattern for awhile now. The panels, the details, the styling, heart eyes!
And while I could have drafted my own pattern to create this style of skirt, I figured I’ve been eyeing it for ages, plus I have the resources, plus I appreciate indie businesses (not to mention their printing on recycled paper, and multi language pattern), so I went ahead and bought the pattern.
And since shipping was a flat rate, I threw in the Arum Dress pattern as well.
Yes. I know I said I don’t really do dresses.
Arum is really cute, and their styling was awesome, so I got it.
Knitting one repeat at a time.
Last week I picked back up my Lady Bat sweater, and knit a row.
This week I worked on my Lady Bat sweater, and knit a repeat
I started writing this post this week thinking “I’ve gotten no knitting done – no knitting, no knitting, no knitting.”
Until I remembered that you can only knit a sweater (and do lots of other things) one stitch at a time.
a week of knitting, and writing, and Shawl Geometry Two (2nd edition) is now available!
Each Wednesday, I post a snapshot of the projects I’m working on, and where my brain is at.
Knitting! I feel like haven’t knit ages! And to be real, I knit maybe two rows this week…
But I did pick up my Lady Bat Sweater, and figured out where I was again. Thankfully I made a note (I had frogged back to just before I reconnected for the second arm). So, I’ve reattached my yarn, and am starting to add more repeats to the front.
Other than that, I finished the sparkle jumpsuit from last week, while completely ignoring the over-shirt, and have been writing, writing, writing, editing, editing, editing away on Shawl Geometry Book Three.
And also! Drum-roll please!
I released the second edition of Shawl Geometry Book Two! YAYAYAYAYAYAY!
It’s here on the website. Or here on Ravelry.
If you’ve already bought the first edition of Shawl Geometry Book Two, check your inbox for the update!
You should have received an email with a download link for the second edition. That email also has instructions on how to get the book added to your Ravelry library.
If the link has expired, or you don’t see the email, (make sure you’re checking the email linked to your paypal account, and you checked your spam folder) – then, shoot me an email!
But if you don’t already own Shawl Geometry Book Two, take a look here and see what’s inside – I think you’re really going to like it.
a week of leaving a trail of sparkles in my wake
Each Wednesday, I post a snapshot of the projects I’m working on, and where my brain is at.
No metaphorical sparkles here, just real ones.
It turns out that making alterations to a sparkly jumpsuit leaves sparkles all over your desk (and floor, and apartment, and clothes, and shoes). Most of my time in front of the sewing machine this week has been focused on this jumpsuit because the dance company it’s for leaves town in a couple days.
But! I did snag a couple minutes to sew a couple seams on my black over-shirt that’s been cut and waiting in the wings for months. So now all that’s left to do is the neckline and hems!
Other than that, I’ve been focused on getting the second book in the Shawl Geometry Series ready to re-release. I’m giving it one final read through today before putting the final file together – if you’ve already bought a copy of Shawl Geometry Book Two, expect the second edition to pop up in your inbox tonight or tomorrow.
If you haven’t already bought your copy, you can do so here!
And with that, I’m going to dive back into my read through.
