An area outside of Denver, Colorado, now called Cherry Hills Village wasn’t always the Hi end society that it is now. Though the country club hosted the PGA Championship in 1941, Cherry Hills Village wasn’t incorporated until 1945. The country Club was founded in 1922 with golfing in mind. Before that it was all farmContinue reading “Cherry Hills”
Category Archives: knit
The Why Behind Luminous Ladybug
This was first Estonian style shawl design. It was also my first design that more fun than practical. This was a fun challenge to see if I could put stitch patterns together and come up with something that looked nice. I also enjoy math and the computations to make the edging just right hit thatContinue reading “The Why Behind Luminous Ladybug”
Spit and Splice and other Joints
There are many different ways to join a new ball of yarn or a new color, some are neater than others. I published a tutorial yesterday of 3 of my favorite ways to join yarn together. Here I will also include some pictures of a couple of those joins in action. The Magic Join isContinue reading “Spit and Splice and other Joints”
History of Cherry Hills
This is a history of the Cherry Hills shawl more than of the location in Colorado. I’ll talk a little bit about that but I want to share the inspiration behind this shawl and that is the history I am referring to. As I shared in a past blog post this shawl is a remakeContinue reading “History of Cherry Hills”
The Crazy for this Project
This shawl started as a curious experiment and will now become two completed patterns. One in knit and one in crochet. I have learned a lot along the way. It started with mitered squares and then I wondered what would happen if I shifted the “spine”… I tried it first on a small bit ofContinue reading “The Crazy for this Project”
Luminous Ladybug Update
My Luminous Ladybug is moving along. I am a point where it is just the same thing again and again. As you can see in this photo I have all the stitch markers in that I am going to need for this piece. I chose not to mark the repeated in the center because thereContinue reading “Luminous Ladybug Update”
Why I changed Sophie to Cherry Hills
Sophie is an Estonian style shawl that I published back in 2013. I used photos to put together the motifs for this shawl. These photos were in an Estonian Lace book. There was a second book put out before I published this pattern with a recipe for this shawl. I honestly don’t know if IContinue reading “Why I changed Sophie to Cherry Hills”
Written or Charted Directions?
I have recently talked about how much tech has changed just since I started writing patterns for knit and crochet. Another area that has been affected is charts, knitting charts in particular. When I started I was excited to be able to purchase software that would let me plug the stitches into a grid easily.Continue reading “Written or Charted Directions?”
Somethings are Never Forgotten…
One of the first patterns I ever wrote down was for these baby booties. I have them from all sizes of baby feet. From 16 weeks gestation to 3 months old. This was a popular pattern in the community stitching group I was part of in Aurora, Colorado for many years. Then I made someContinue reading “Somethings are Never Forgotten…”
Feather and Fan Shawl
This shawl has been a process of chart, knit, rip, repeat. I finally found the formula I needed to make a half pi shawl with the feather and fan stitch. This is the first version of this shawl. I am using 100% non super-wash wool in DK weight. I am adding beads to this one.Continue reading “Feather and Fan Shawl”
Azariahs Fibre Arts 