Who doesn’t love Woolfolk yarn? NO ONE! So every time I am invited to submit a design to one of their collections, I am all in! SOREN is part of Woolfolk‘s new F/W2018 collection photographed at the incredible Olson Kundig designed Outpost. It is the last in a group of sweaters where I explored the use of a triangular […]
It is Friday afternoon and I have been sitting at my computer all day, but I don’t want to call it quits without telling you that the fall knitting season has begun and I just went live with my newest design, STARBOARD ROCK! This is my kind of pullover! It is an easy-to-wear everyday sweater, with a clean, modern […]
FORM [fawrm] noun: external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration. verb (used with object): to give form or shape to; shape; fashion. verb (used without object): to be formed or produced; to make a particular form or arrangement. Literally dozens of hair loss products out there that claim […]
It started as a swatch, as many of my designs do. Kristin Ford of Woolfolk yarns sent me a skein of her worsted weight yarn, TOV, and I was inspired to try something bold. The idea was to see what happened when I juxtaposed the bold, graphic texture of twin rib and the undulating curves […]
I am so excited to introduce WICKERWORK! This pattern has been a long time coming! I started the first shawl last winter with a twisted stitch pattern that I admired in Barbara Walker’s, Treasury of Knitting Patterns, and a wonderful skein of @jillmakesstuff Empire. I really wasn’t sure how I would like a triangle shawl knit […]
It has been many years since I knit a pair of socks! Actually, nearly a decade! Yet back in June I found myself in Shetland on one of Gudrun Johnstone and Mary Jane Mucklestone‘s Grand Shetland Adventures (you really should go on one) and realized that the most important thing that I didn’t have with […]
I could not be more excited to announce that the has launched and I am honored to be included among some of my favorite designers. I will put together a proper email next week, but for now here is a photo of , knit in one of my favorite yarns, Woolfolk I could not be […]
About six months ago I started thinking about how fashion lines have changed, since I started designing some 8 years ago. I wanted to work toward a collection of garments that would be considered NEW BASICS! I thought about a few of my classics and considered how I would re-design them today. I started with […]
I am so excited to be relaunching one of my favorite designs. First published as part of the Shibui Mix Collection, unMix 31 has been updated to include a broader range of sizes (28”-54” bust sizes) and to be knit in a single strand of Shibui’s luxe yarn, Drift. The curved hemline, A-line shaping and loose […]
I am having so much fun exploring indy dyed yarns AND shawl design. Here, in my second design, I combine a dyer who I have followed for many years, A Verb for Keeping Warm and a classic crescent shawl shape to create a modern, wearable statement shawl: SINUOUS. sin.u.ous ˈsinyo͞oəs/ adjective having many curves and turns. winding, windy, serpentine, […]