Ribbons has a home

And so does Sweet Summertime!!
I was contacted by The Smart Knitter asking for patterns and an article for their upcoming newsletter and these are the 2 patterns I offered. Sweet Summertime was already done and tested just waiting for a publisher, and Ribbons of course was still at swatch and sketch phase. The deadline? Yeah, 2 days. So I knit like the wind and got it done last night.... a little later than he would have liked but I'm not a very speedy knitter. At least my pattern notes were reliable and easy to follow and best of all Right!

I also wrote an article talking about Ribbons and my heart for breast cancer research so that was a really fun thing.

In a month or so I will be able to put it up for sale to anyone that does not subscribe to the newsletter, that way I can raise some much needed money for Making Strides.

Yay!

I have another idea that I'm going to sketch out for KnitPicks, we'll see if they like this one better? Boy I wish my sketching skills were better.

Ribbons & Cooling Eye Mask

I got a note from KnitPicks that they already have some other designs in the works similar to Ribbons. Too bad, but I will finish it up and make it available. I am hopeful that I will be able to use it to raise money for the Making Strides Walk that I will be doing again this year.

Here are some pics of the Cooling Eye Mask. I have gotten some great notes from the testers and I have submitted it for publication. I should know in the next few weeks if it will be accepted.

*** pics removed until publication!***

Cooling Eye Mask

You would think that I would take better notes. I mean really!

I'm typing up the pattern from the scribbles for my eye mask to get it to the testers and I apparently couldn't count when I was writing it. Yeah, shocker.

So Now I'm looking at the piece and trying to dissect it without actually frogging back to the offending row and re-doing it. UGH!!

Current Projects

I finished knitting a swatch a couple days ago for "Ribbons Hat" - an awareness cap that I need to block then send over to KnitPicks to see if it is something they'd like to put in their design program.

Last night I finished up the "Cooling Eye Mask". I need to test the cooling part of the concept and block it, then I'll figure out what to do with it. My goal with this is pretty self-serving... my new meds caused terrible eye strain and I would get THE worst headaches RIGHT behind my eyes. This was created to help with that. Did you know that dried corn, when put in the freezer for a bit, stay cool for a long time? Yeah, me neither! Once that's checked out and photographed I'll send it over to the testing group to make sure my scribbles are right.

So now that those are finished, I am looking at my sketch book for the next thing on my list.

I have a completed design of "Sweet Summertime" - a crochet little girl top and I would like to also design it up in knit. That goes with my ultimate goal, of offering the same patterns in both knit and crochet (or at least similar patterns).

Besides "Sweet Summertime", I am also almost finished crocheting a "Quilty Baby Blanket" that I want to offer in knit also, as well as a cable sweater idea that I want to do in both but right now I've just been swatching in my head!

Pirate Skull Hat

I have my Pirate Skull Cap up for sale on Ravelry. I am so excited! If you have the extra $2 and need a hat to knit, here ya go:


Pirate Skull Hat