Wow!  Here we are at the end of the UFOlympics, and the decathlon results are in…
… and I made it!

0.  Brioche st hat:  shop sample for class.
1.  Bear mittens:  one left to finish; then it’s time to take ‘em to the zoo.
2.  Bunny slippers:  make ears, felt, attach, and add eyes and tails.
3.  Glam rock vest:  [...]

Over at the Knitting Daily blog, they’ve been discussing the design process used by Michelle Rose Orne in her book, Inspired to Knit.  I haven’t gotten the book yet, but Michelle’s description of her design process intrigues me:

As a designer for the garment industry for many years, I used … mood or “story boards” when [...]

Yes, you may well have been questioning why there is a total of 12 UFO’s on my UFOlympic "decathlon" list.  (Actually, there are 13, because I had to add one UFO #0 that I forgot about when making the original list.)  But it’s a good thing.
Truthfully, I could probably do at least two decathlons with [...]

Hoo boy, it’s been a while since I posted a good, solid, technical article.
(Just in case you are wondering — yes, this does mean that my personal UFOlympics are sort of at a standstill.  I’ve spent a lot of time working on #5, the Rowan vest:  trying to figure out how to trim out the [...]

Hey, there - just a quick plug today, for my pal Deb’s mini-sock club that she’s just unveiled!
(ed. note — it’s not a club for mini-socks, it’s a mini-club for full-size socks.)
It’s a set of three different sock yarn + original pattern combos, with the second pattern being designed by Yours Truly.  Deb is doing the [...]