Drawing Mandalas!

A poster for a workshop I'm teaching next month at the Salisbury Public Library:

Pussycat Hat

A special order for a friend--she designed and made the sculpture, and she asked me to knit a pink pussycat hat for it. I think I'll make another one for my Barbie doll. 

Summer Tote

Out today--Interweave Crochet magazine summer issue. Check out my tote design, an airy lace pattern, crocheted in abaca fiber--perfect for the beach, or wherever!

 Interweave/Harper Point Photography

Find the magazines on stands, or check out the digital edition at: https://www.interweave.com/interweave-crochet-summer-2018-lookbook/

Spring animals!

Here's my pattern from last spring's Love of Crochet magazine--just in time for Easter and springtime, it's still available from the magazine's store.


I promise that you will love making these so much, you'll want to make all of them!

Color Inspiration

Here's a chart (turned sideways) from The Art of Color by Johannes Itten, illustrating the relative shades and tints of the twelve hues plus gray:

And here is my "Garden Bed" afghan, part of a collection of pieces inspired by lessons of the color masters:

 

 The motifs are worked in the round, joining as you go, in a worsted weight yarn. 

I'm not satisfied with the big holes between the shapes, so I'm going to try it in a dk weight yarn, which would require more motifs, but make the spaces between the motifs smaller. I do like the way the colors flow in an organic way without looking like an obvious rainbow. It looks gorgeous laid out on a bed, hence the name "Garden Bed," a little pun.

Birthday Cake at the potluck

Interweave is featuring my "zero calorie" cake for the Craft Yarn Council's potluck. Check it out!

Rainbow Scarf

June was LGBTQ Pride month. Here's my rainbow scarf--better late than never.