My knitwear designer emails are rarely that interesting. They are mostly trying to sell me things, tell me what I should be doing to have better sales, or informing me about something I have no time for. Knitwear Designer Real Life One of the benefits of being self-employed is that I don’t have to do…
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If At First . . . Try Again!
We all learn the proverb “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” as children. There is a lot of musing time as one is recuperating from surgery. It has reminded me of some projects that got put aside because I couldn’t figure out some aspect of them, or I didn’t have the time…
April Recap of Knitting, Surgery, Finishing
This April recap of knitting, surgery, and finishing seems an appropriate place to land after the last thirty days. So much has happened, and not happened! Recap of Surgery I missed putting a blog up on the 23rd as planned. I had surgery instead. Due to the shut down here in Washington state out-patient surgeries…
Pandemic Inspires Finishing Challenge
I came up with the idea of a personal finishing challenge last week. Was it only last week? It became clear that our upcoming trip to Europe (beginning in Italy) wasn’t going to happen, and as I laid awake one night, I decided I needed to make those weeks I was planning to be gone…
Protected: Sakai Beyond the bottom rib: Pullover
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Protected: Sakai Pullover & Cardigan: Good, Bad, and the Ugly
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Knitting Efficiencies Surpass Shortcuts As Strategy
Knitting efficiencies surpass shortcuts as a strategy because they really work! Your efficiencies might differ from mine, but let me walk you through a pattern, then see if you see ways to make your process more efficient in ways that work for you. I don’t know, but I love thinking about what I’m going to…
There Are No Shortcuts in Knitting
In my therapy session recently, I said, “there are no shortcuts in knitting. You have to make every stitch.” Of course that is basically true of everything in life, but it seemed something I should explore more deeply — which means I’ve been thinking about it in my free time. What? No Shortcuts? Can you…
It is a Journey, Not a Destination
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about this journey. I know it is a journey because I am always moving — not always ahead as planned but man, there is always momentum! When Mitch and I go out to walk together he is always slowing me down, reminding me that we left in plenty of…
Welcome Back, Jill!
This is a Welcome Back to me since I’ve not blogged in ages. I got so involved in writing patterns that I just didn’t have time to do much writing elsewhere. Plus, whenever I go silent, things are changing in my head, but I don’t quite know where they are going, so I don’t say…
Muscle Memory, Batching, Processes, & Focus
Did you know that batching and working through processes allow you to develop muscle memory around tasks or other things? It is why it is often suggested that you do like things at the same time. I’ve been putting together my Color of the Day posts for June. Yep, I do them all at once!…
Kitchen Scale as a Knitting Tool: Weigh the Options
Using a kitchen scale can save you from “do I have enough yarn” syndrome. I have two scales, both digital, one about 10 years sold, and another that I bought this year. The older one is about to be retired because it has become fairly unreliable and so I find myself doing all my weighing…
