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September Monthly Pattern Update

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Every month I do a pattern update, making note of what’s in the docket, what has been turned in, and what has been published.  Someday someone (probably me) will aggregate all this information and come to some conclusions someday.

Totem (working title) – Sock Pattern
Totem was kinda crazy – I had to do three socks in three weeks.  It’s been turned in to Sockupied in Sep., and you should see the fruits of my efforts in the Spring Issue.

Totoro (working title) – Sock Pattern
Pattern turned into Three Irish Girls, and pattern tester has knitted it.  Final draft turned in Sep.  Should be published sometime in the Winter.

Isis Wings (working title) – Sock Pattern
Pattern turned into Three Irish Girls, and pattern tester has knitted it.  Final draft turned in Sep.  Should be published sometime in the Winter.

Crochet Top (working title) – Crochet Short Sleeved Pullover
Pattern turned into Classic Elite Yarns in August.  Should be published in the Spring.

Crochet Meets in Middle (working title) – Crochet Pullover
All but last pattern done.

Proposals turned in this month: 2 (shameful – I had a lot going on this month though)

Classes Taught: none

Classes Coming Up: none

Time-Saving Technique When Designing

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Since knitting and crochet are both time intensive, anything I can do to save time or make my time count double is worth the time it takes for me to come up with a system.  I watch TV and knit, read and crochet.

When I create swatches for design proposals – specifically for socks, I want to save time.  So I do a provisional cast on and cast off, and work the knitting in between as normal.

What this does is twofold – if the design is accepted for a proposal, great.  Sometime later down the road I can pull out the swatch and be well on the way to creating a pair of my own, that won’t have to go back to the magazine when I’m done.

If the design isn’t accepted, then I can take the work I’ve already done, and work off of it to finish the sock and make it into a design that I’ll self publish.  This way the hours I spend working on a swatch serve double duty – and I’m not left with a swatch that I don’t know what to do with or how to store.

Do you have tricks that save you time?  I’d love to hear them, and they don’t have to be just about knitting or crochet.  After all, any minute I save in other places, I can put towards creating designs!

Sunburst Shawl on Tangled Magazine

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I am proud to announce the publication of Sunburst Shawl on Tangled online Magazine.  I was so excited I just couldn’t wait until tomorrow to let everyone know.

Sunburst Shawl
by Jennifer Crowley

Price:

$5.00
Materials:
Yarn: Western Sky Knits Aspen Sock (100% Superwash Merino; 400 yards [365 m] /3.5oz [100 gm]; CYCA 2): Misty Moor, 2 (3, 4) skeins.
Hook: C/2 (2.75mm)
Adjust hook size to obtain correct gauge.
Needles: US size 17 (12 mm) 40 or 47” circular knitting needle.

Notions: Tapestry needle; seed beads that fit your chosen yarn doubled through it (98 beads for small, 110 beads for medium, 130 beads for large); dental floss threader or small crochet hook that fits through beads.

Craft:
Crochet
Difficulty: expertGauge: One motif = 3.25” diameter blocked.
Available Sizes:
small, medium, large
Measurements:
small = 45” x 18”
medium = 52” x 21”
large = 58” x 24”
Photos by Brittany Tyler

Content is going to be a little… sparse

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If you haven’t noticed already by the picture heavy posts the last couple of days, I’m on a deadline and my brain, it only has so much it can give before it needs a rest.

So I’m giving myself a little bit of a write off – it doesn’t mean I won’t be posting, it just means it’s going to be more picture heavy, and less about anything of value.  With any luck though, I might have a series of posts to come in the next couple of weeks.  They’re going through my hatchet squad right now, as they are a bit above the caliber of my normal fare.  So hang in there, and I promise it’ll get better.

Can’t you tell I’m a little busy?

Chimney Corners Camp

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I’ve talked a little bit before about Chimney Corners Camp, which is located in the Berkshires of Massachusetts.  I started going to the camp in 1995, when I was eight years old.  I continued to go until 2008, which was my last year.  I worked as the Assistant Waterfront Director.

CCC, as the camp is known to insiders, has been a place of incredible growth throughout my life.  It’s where I learned to get along with others, how to be a leader and a follower.  I learned that you can love a place without it being perfect.  CCC has been my home when my family moved several times.  It’s where my childhood friends are, and where most of my formative experiences have almost all taken place.

I’ve been thinking about doing a design series to talk about my process, from sketching, swatching, grading, the whole gammut.

My question is, what would you like to see?  If you wanted to know more about a designer, the process, etc, what would you like to know about, and what would you find most interesting?

Let me know in the comments.

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