FO: Zébulon

I admire lace shawl designers. Because honestly, designing a shawl is way harder than I thought it would be! But you know what? I loved designing Zébulon.

This time, I mainly went with the flow. I had some vague ideas, I tried them out, didn't work out. Usually, I have a precise image in my head of what I want to design. It was fun to experiment!

The Zébulon shawl pattern will be the first one to be part of my self given challenge: release date, September 1st! Stay tuned...

Random : Knitting and a self given challenge

Hi guys!

Can I be honest with you guys? I miss blogging. I miss taking pictures, reading your comments, posting my work on here. And who's fault is it? Summer! I'm always outside, staying away from the computer as much as I can. Is is Fall yet?

Even though I don't post it here, I've been a busy bee! Almost every spare time is deidcated to knitting, and I have tons of new ideas! I'm still working on my Zébulon shawl in Skein Yarns Vintage Lace, and I have a few designs on the back burner as well, but there is a new mini collection taking form in here...

And now, what is this "self given challenge" I talked about in the title? Let me explain: I love doing lists, having this to do, having deadlines. I know, it might sound silly, but I love having a date, a goal in mind when I knit. Ok, maybe not that silly, but it helps me a lot in order to achieve something. So here is my self given challenge: I will try, as of September 1st 2011, to release a new design every 1st of a month! That means, on September 1st, stay tuned, because my Zébulon shawl will be ready and live!

That mean I should start other designs right away....

On the needles : Zébulon

Hi guys!

This yarn... this yarn is amazing. Skein Yarns Vintage Lace in Quill colorway... Those colors... for a new design...

FO: Dayne's Dishclothes

Hi guys! Do you remember my knitworthy friend? Well he needs some hand knitted dishclothes...

On the needles : Wispy cardigan

Hi guys! Secret projects are going along nicely, so I decided to treat me and picked up my Wispy cardigan...

Random : Some knitting content?

Hi guys! Yes, I said that I was going to blog more, but man, with all that gorgeous weather (and sadly all that work) I have a hard time staying in front of the computer! But don't worry, My free time is (almost) dedicated to knitting. Unfortunately, what I am currently working on is a no show (secret!). But that might change in a few days, I might have something to show you!

I love it when designers post pictures of their current work in progress. I love to see a design take form and knowing what the designer is thinking while creating it. That is why, in the next few days, I will *try* to post pictures of one design I've been thinking about for a long time now.

Isn't this yarn just gorgeous?!? Vintage Lace from Skein Yarns is just the lovely. The color, hand dyed, is rich and fabulous, the base is 70% Baby Alpaca, 20% Silk and 10% Cashmere. What could I say more? And I think it will be perfect for a stole...

Random : Where have I been?

Me in front of the Alps at the Bodensee, Bavaria, Germany

Hi guys!

It has been such a long time since my last post. I could start and find excuses and reasons of why I didn't post in over a month. Let's just hear the important one: I was on vacation!

I don't want to start right away to tell you my trip, it deserves several posts on its own. Lets just say that I had an amazing time and that I bought some yarn! I spend little time knitting (secret projects...), and I have a lot to do in the upcoming 2 weeks (some sleepless/knitfull nights?)...

Have a nice week-end guys, and stay tuned because I am back on track and I plan on blogging more and more!