Thursday, June 19, 2008

Ballerina


Emma's first recital was last night-- she did very well!

Monday, June 16, 2008

Sneak peek

Of one of the designs I did for an upcoming Vogue Knitting on the Go book is here. It's the scarf.

Guess I could blame all the knitting...

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Friday, June 13, 2008

Sock Book

I submitted a sock design for an upcoming sock book, and it was accepted-- yay! I spend so much time knitting sweaters, it'll be nice to have to knit a pair of socks (since they're my favorite and all).

Back to finishing up a little paperwork before knit night!

Monday, June 09, 2008

Back from TNNA

Well, I'm back, and tired (of course!) from several days of walking the show, chit chats, and whatnot. Like a total nerd I kept a mental tally of the number of garments I had designed that I spotted in the various booths on the show floor (31 in 6 booths, if you're wondering). I ran into lots of people I was hoping to see, including most of the editors I've been tech editing for so far this year, yarn company folk I've been designing for, lots of lovely ladies from AKD, especially Chrissy, who I've been doing a lot of tech editing for these days, Shannon, Vickie, Jess and Casey, and more. I also got to see our beloved and much-missed ex-Detroit Area Knitter Tracy, who lives not too far from Columbus and came down to join me at the AKD party on Friday.

It was so nice (as usual) to check out the new yarns, people-watch, and be generally overwhelmed. I had a few appointments for lining up new gigs, all of which went very well and led to much planning and time management on the ol' calendar when I got home to be sure everything gets done on time.

Until next year!

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Upcoming book stuff

Taking a break from my work and perusing Amazon, I noticed a few books that will feature my designs are available for preorder-- yay!

Vogue Knitting on the Go Shawls 2

Vogue Knitting on the Go Grannies, I did 2 projects for this one

Luxury One Skein Wonders, also tech edited so don't kill me if a mistake slips through!

Knit on Down, description is wrong, it's all top down patterns, not afghans , did 2 projects for this one too

and last but not least,
Socks a la Carte which I tech edited but didn't design for per se, though I did help out with selecting some of the stitch patterns, etc.


Sunday, June 01, 2008

Tech Editing Day

Today is one big ol' day of tech editing for moi. Am I ready, let's see?

Diet Coke? Check.

Laptop and comfy chair? Check.

Calculator, tape measure, scrap yarn and hook (for testing tricky stitch patterns)? Check.

Big binder o' style sheets, CYCA standards, etc? Check.

Big box o' projects? Check.

When I'm done with a good sized load, I'll reward myself with some knitting (design stuff, yes, but still fun!)