Great news, one of my patterns has been published in the premier issue of an online knitting magazine– The Fibertarian. While it is published in Japan, it is available in English. I am so excited! I really have been working hard on getting my designs out and working with some indie dyers. You can see the magazine at www.fibertarian.com. My pattern is “Pucker Up” , a cute, drape-y scarf. Skill level is easy, worked with dk weight yarn. Please check it ( oh, and the other designs) out and enjoy them. Probably my other favorite, while they are all great designs, is “Shiver” a comfy, cuddly sweater by Cassandra- the creator of the mag. Let me know what you think of the patterns, and the mag as a whole. There are other articles as well. As knitters, I am sure we all live seeing the craft we love grow!

As a side note, I am in the process of opening up a new etsy store at InknPress.etsy.com
This store will feature letterpress cards- note, business, calling… And will offer custom services. I have always loved the look of letterpress but have been unable to get into it until now. I’ve dabbled a bit, and my new machine will be delivered Wednesday or Thursday. I am so excited. These will be real, high quality products, created with all of my creativity and new ideas that are swimming in my head!!!
Just as soon as I get “pressing”, you will see photos!!!

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I wanted to show you all the (VERY rough) sketch of the sweater for the magazine. It doesn’t look all that complicated, but I jot down quick sketches and notes to help me remember the ideas. I am actually working with two different gauges, having it fairly close fitting and using an element from the scarf on the arms. Different. This is the design being knit with Blarney Yarn’s “Pink Clouds” and ” Geode”. Pics of progress to follow!

Have you ever ( and as knitters I am sure this is a stupid question!!) had a project with a deadline and … You are working your tail off, making great progress , then a hiccup comes along- you get off track for a day or two and *wham* you missed the deadline. And there it sits. Then, knowing you missed the deadline, comes the realization– that thing will never get done and it slowly creeps it’s way to the UFO pile. I’m sure all of us has experienced this. Why does it happen? You really want it done, there’s not hat much more to do– uh, wait. You just got an email from some one requesting you submitt a design. It would be something winterly– hmmm, a scarf!! A scarf takes such little time that you surely could design the fantastic scarf, get it published and THEN you could finish that little something that is looking at you questioningly from that sad little pile.

That’s where I am now. The adorable baby sweater needs so very little to be done and the baby is due in two weeks. Oh, and I decided to make the cutesy bib to go with the sweater. Now I have added a really fantastic scarf to the mix. Why do we do this to ourselves ? We WANT to finish things and hand them over to their rightful owners. I hate it when I don’t finish projects, but it almost has become such a way of life that it is joked about. It’s true, but it still stings because I really don’t want to be that way. I want to plan, execute, and finish. How can one change?? That’s the question of the day. How do we change forn
Being unfinished to be finishers?? Let me know what you think with a comment!!