http://nocturnalknits.com Ruminations on knitting at 3 am Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:02:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, yeah... I know I haven't posted a lot of knitting on here recently. My bad. I blame a combination of: Super-secret knitting projects I can't shareBeing really busy in my personal and work lifeLeprechauns I'm preparing a super-special post to tell you about the feature article I wrote in this ... http://nocturnalknits.com/2010/07/29/the-office-visits-my-office/ The entrelac baby blanket is finished. Check it out on Ravelry. I used about 5 1/2 skeins of Mochi Plus, which translated to a 33" by 23" blanket before blocking. But after blocking... ...it turned into a 36" square piece of fabric. Not too shabby. I cast on 77 stitches, and knit your ... http://nocturnalknits.com/2010/06/08/once-around-the-block/ I've been busy working on getting my Perpendicular pattern ready for release, but in the meantime I've fallen back on an old standy: entrelac. I'm making a baby blanket out of Crystal Palace Mochi Plus in the "Intense Rainbow" colorway, and I couldn't think of a better stitch pattern for this ... http://nocturnalknits.com/2010/06/03/old-standby/ I was lucky enough to contribute to the special issue of Knitscene Easy, on newsstands April 13, 2010 (that's tomorrow, folks!) I wrote a little article about how to start your own knitblog. How very apropos of me, huh? Though the issue is targeted to beginning knitters, the patterns are totally adorable ... http://nocturnalknits.com/2010/04/12/knitscene-easy-2010/ Good news! You can now buy the pattern for my Refine School argyle tote on Ravelry for $3.99. Buy your copy today! Some information about the pattern: Yarn: Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride Bulky Yarn requirements: 350-625 yards, depending on personal knitting style Gauge: 13 sts and 14.5 rows = 4" before felting Needle size: US ... http://nocturnalknits.com/2010/04/05/refine-school-pattern-now-available/ EXCITING EDIT: You can now buy this pattern on Ravelry! I'd like you all to meet my most recent creation, Refine School: The title is a nod to the pattern Old School, the much-larger argyle bag from my book, Picture Perfect Knits. I bought the yarn for this (the old standby Lamb's ... http://nocturnalknits.com/2010/03/31/refine-school-is-in-session/ My desire to blog regularly has been met with the craziness that is my everyday life. Life won this battle. This is the first new post in almost two months. Blerg. The good news is I have two finished objects to show you. Bonus: they're both original designs! The first is my ... http://nocturnalknits.com/2010/03/02/perpendicular-and-ombre/ The Yarn Harlot has thrown up her version of the bat signal: the knit-signal. She's asking for knitters to come together and help out Haiti. She asked for knitters to come together and donate money to Doctors Without Borders under the umbrella of Knitters Without Borders. I wanted to donate some ... http://nocturnalknits.com/2010/01/13/responding-to-the-knit-signal/ There's lots of knitting going on here, but unfortunately not a lot of pictures to prove it. Blogs are better with pictures, so I'll try to keep this short. My good friend Hoang is moving from Los Angeles to Denver this week, so he had a going-away party on Saturday night. ... http://nocturnalknits.com/2010/01/12/goodbye-and-hello/ *Don't worry - this is SFW. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hitting up La Knitterie Parisienne in Studio City for the first time. I went with a single purpose: to buy yarn for a baby sweater pattern I'm drafting. Of course, the moment I walked into the place I felt the ... http://nocturnalknits.com/2010/01/07/a-little-yarn-porn/