Knitting

Lorena on December 30th, 2011

Yarn: Mind’s Eye Yarns, from the March 2011 sock club Pattern: Kaiso by Judy Sumner

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Lorena on December 22nd, 2011

Yarn: String Theory Colorworks in “Resistor” Pattern: Hypothesis by Lorena Haldeman Notes: Earlier this year, I started talking with my friend Caitlin, of String Theory Colorworks, about doing a pattern for her self-striping yarns in which the pattern would change every time there was a color change. I thought it would be easy and fun. It was [...]

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Lorena on December 17th, 2011

Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed in “Denali” (a limited edition sock club colorway) Pattern: Fissility by Lorena Haldeman Notes: My second for-sale pattern, Fissility, has been tested within an inch of its life! Honestly. I think I knit at least six pairs of these before finalizing the pattern. I wanted to be able to offer two different heels, and [...]

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Lorena on November 22nd, 2011

Yarn: Fiesta Boomerang in “Sedona” Pattern: Child’s Placket-Neck Pullover by Joelle Hoverson Notes: Happy baby, Lala!

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Lorena on November 15th, 2011

Yarn: Mind’s Eye Yarns, from the sock club Pattern: coming in late November!

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Lorena on November 8th, 2011

Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed in “Green-eyed Monster” Pattern: Child’s First Sock in Shell Pattern by Nancy Bush

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Lorena on October 8th, 2011

Recently I bought some software to help me with writing knitting patterns (Intwined Pattern Studio) and in addition to charting out a few new patterns, I’m also using it to revisit and spruce up some of my older, free (and most popular) patterns. September is for Antony is now both charted and written, and available [...]

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Lorena on October 3rd, 2011

Recently I bought some software to help me with writing knitting patterns (Intwined Pattern Studio) and in addition to charting out a few new patterns, I’m also using it to revisit and spruce up some of my older, free (and most popular) patterns. December is for Stephanie is now both charted and written, and available [...]

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Lorena on October 2nd, 2011

Yarn: Claudia Handpainted Sport yarn in “Purple Midnight” Pattern: Made up as I went along, and apparently, immediately forgotten. Notes: I don’t even remember starting this, so the date is a complete guess. I don’t even remember working on it! I mean, I know I must have… nobody else in my house knits. And it’s yarn [...]

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Lorena on September 28th, 2011

Recently I bought some software to help me with writing knitting patterns (Intwined Pattern Studio) and in addition to charting out a few new patterns, I’m also using it to revisit and spruce up some of my older, free (and most popular) patterns. I’m running into some issues charting the twisted stitches in this pattern, [...]

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