First, let me show you something. :-) Three gorgous swatches. I promised you I would knit it but these knitters are so lightning fast. I hope y'all don't mind that I'm showing off your work.
Go look at Mrs. Fife's swatch.
And this is blogless Diana's swatch (if you are on Ravelry - you can find her as dyetom):
And this is Doug's swatch:
Guys, you did a great job!!! The swatches are all beautiful. So all the rest of you can say:
Thank you, Doug, Diana and Mrs. Fife's, you made my swatch life a lot easier. ;-)
After the weekend I will post the chart.
AND NOW - TA-DA!!! I can finally say something before I totally burst with giddy excitement. The new Debbie Stoller book Son of Stitch 'n Bitch: 45 Projects to Knit and Crochet for Men is on the bookshelves:
If you go to page 185, you find a sock pattern called Tubey:
Yup - my first published pattern. It is exciting!
This weekend is going to be fun. Jacquie and I are taking a two-day-workshop at Knitch. We are going to design our own bag with Noni pattern designer Nora Bellows! I guess fall is finally really here and I am ready for some felting.
I finished the prototype of a brand new chemo cap. The pattern will be up for sale soon and the proceeds will go towards a breast cancer research group that I heard about from Cat Bordhi.
Stay tuned for the Cat Bordhi workshop report and cap pattern. I need to go to Knitch now. :-)
Comments (15)
WooHoo!!!!
Posted by Melissa | November 9, 2007 7:00 PM
Posted on November 9, 2007 19:00
Congrats on your first published pattern! What a thrill! I hope you will autograph my copy. Looking forward to hearing about Cat's workshop.
Posted by Michele | November 9, 2007 7:23 PM
Posted on November 9, 2007 19:23
Congrats on the pattern!
The two swatches are different. Which one's right?
Posted by Janice in GA | November 9, 2007 7:59 PM
Posted on November 9, 2007 19:59
Janice - Diana's swatch is upside-down.
Posted by Elizabeth | November 9, 2007 8:23 PM
Posted on November 9, 2007 20:23
Congrats on your first published pattern and thanks for the autograph.. watch out for the knitting paparazzi :)
The chemo cap is beautiful and so nice in the cotton/cashmere. You'll have enough patterns for your own book soon.
Posted by Doug | November 9, 2007 9:39 PM
Posted on November 9, 2007 21:39
Wow! A celebrity in our midst...I can't wait to buy the book and get you to sign it.
Congratulations!
Posted by the other Diana | November 9, 2007 9:48 PM
Posted on November 9, 2007 21:48
Congratulations! :)
Posted by Swapna | November 9, 2007 10:38 PM
Posted on November 9, 2007 22:38
Congratulations! That's so fabulous! And coincidentally, I just ordered it from Amazon this morning. =) Next time I see you I'm gonna hound you for an autograph. =)
Posted by turtlegirl76 | November 10, 2007 8:39 AM
Posted on November 10, 2007 08:39
I have my book and Sharpie pen ready for your autograph. It's not every day that one actually KNOWS the person behind the pattern. Many Congrats!
MY swatch has just been emailed to you, finally done. (it took 4 tries, what can I say.) It would have been no trouble for me if it were written in Chinese, Russian, or Portuguese. KIDDING, just kidding, Folks.
Posted by Phyllis | November 10, 2007 4:19 PM
Posted on November 10, 2007 16:19
Congratulations on the patterns - getting published is great and that cap is beautiful! (I also have my swatch done, need to post it somewhere... ;) )
Posted by Allison | November 11, 2007 9:35 AM
Posted on November 11, 2007 09:35
I thought you might be interested to know there's a Knitalong starting for Knitting New Scarves - please see http://knittingnewscarves.blogspot.com/
Posted by Helen | November 11, 2007 5:46 PM
Posted on November 11, 2007 17:46
Congratulation on being published. the socks are cute...it always hard to find good knit ideas for our guys. I'm blogless, so I can't post the swatch(s)I knitted anywhere. Can I send it in email?
Posted by AmyKP | November 13, 2007 2:16 PM
Posted on November 13, 2007 14:16
Awesome about being published! Way to go. That's wonderful!
Oh! my swatch is done and up on JenLa
http://knottygirls.com/jenla.blog/?p=493
Posted by La | November 13, 2007 5:06 PM
Posted on November 13, 2007 17:06
I had to do it three times becasue the yarn, needle and my gauge were all ganging up on me.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20771230@N08/2010945811/in/photostream/
Posted by AmyKP | November 13, 2007 11:43 PM
Posted on November 13, 2007 23:43
Congratulations on getting published! And thank you for the challenge swatch. What fun I had. I posted a pic of my swatch on my blog this morning.
Posted by Jean | November 14, 2007 9:03 AM
Posted on November 14, 2007 09:03