Deborah Fillmer's » patterns http://www.deborahfillmer.com blog Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:08:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Knitty Is Up http://www.deborahfillmer.com/2008/12/10/knitty-is-up/ http://www.deborahfillmer.com/2008/12/10/knitty-is-up/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:13:30 +0000 admin http://www.nauticalknitter.com/?p=925 Like I need something else to do…

Knitty – Winter 2008

Click the link, you know you wanna…

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Enjoy

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For those of you who are interested: Knitty.com

]]> http://www.deborahfillmer.com/2008/06/11/summer-knitty-is-live/feed/ 1 Secret of the Stole III – The Beginning http://www.deborahfillmer.com/2008/04/30/secret-of-the-stole-iii-the-beginning/ http://www.deborahfillmer.com/2008/04/30/secret-of-the-stole-iii-the-beginning/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:53:30 +0000 admin http://www.nauticalknitter.com/?p=637 A few weeks ago I officially began charting the next Secret of the Stole for the knit a long that will be beginning in August. The theme and name have been selected and the design seemed to flow onto the chart effortlessly. Which is not unusual when the muse awakens and stirs my imagination. Things were going so smoothly.

Secret of the Stole III RunawayThe test knitting began in earnest, and then everything came to a screeching to a halt! The chart was not right, something was amiss. Time to rip and rework from the beginning.

Five times I went through this process, one time was not the fault of a chart in error though. It was the fault of being on the boat and not paying attention to the stitch that was running down the ladder like a freight train without brakes! Blame it on the dolphins that were playing nearby!

Anyway, apparently the sixth time is the charm and now the chart and the test knitting are steaming right along. Whoo hoo! The issue I was having with the chart was due to pushing the limits of my knowledge and trying to learn more about design.

One of the reasons I work on these knit a longs is so that I can challenge myself and continue to figure out why a particular pattern is working out the way it is, or is not. Learning new things can sometimes be painful, but most of the time it is well worth the effort.

Here is a photo of Sots and the Secret of the Stole III in progress. He is happily cruising along now.

The BeginningWhat’s that you say? You say you can’t see it? Hmmm, I guess you will have to wait until the knit a long in August to get a better look….

Sign-ups are not open for the knit a long yet, but if you would like to be notified when sign-ups begin for the Secret of the Stole III KAL, please join the Nautical Knitter Designs Yahoo group.

Happy Knitting…

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