NessaKnits Blog

Happy New Year!

I find New Years Eve to be my loneliest time of the year mainly due to my partner ‘Pete’ goes to work at the bar in town. I’m usually left amongst my friends for the entire evening which I was for a short while but decided to come home. I couldn’t face another new year watching them hugging and kissing as the clock ticks over into 2011. So 11pm hit and I came home to work on one of my new designs which I’m knitting at the moment from graph. I’ll be writing and charting up the pattern when it’s ready. I’ve been working for Sirdar know for a good half of the year which is going successful. I’m learning so much about pattern writing that I want to make my next pattern as professional as possible so I set out a plan. First the sketching and swatching then the graphing and knitting and third the writing and photographing and fourth maths check and proof reading and fifth making the pdf for you all. It’s a long process for one person but through learning all these things at work, I can finally make my own beautiful designs unlike my other beginner patterns this will be more interesting and in sizes which will be wonderful for you all. I’m currently knitting my new design so I’m at stage two so it will probably be a while till i reach stage five. However the pattern is knitting up wonderfully, I’ve already thought of a name. I’m naming it Jackson after one of my friends, I kind of like the idea of naming knitwear for girls with male names so this maybe start of a theme appearing. We will see. I’ll keep you posted on the sweater once i have more news.

Well Christmas what a busy time. Did you get anything nice? I received a wonderful yarn winder and umbrella swift from Pete, what a super present I’ve been wanting one all year although know I have one I haven’t got any skeins of yarn. This does however give me an excuse to get more, which i love. I also got a number of books The ultimate Knitting Bible which i wanted mainly as a reminder of the different types of sewing it’s easy to remember at work because i work with a lot of ladies who have sewn up sweaters for years but i haven’t and sometimes need a few guided images till i twig on to what i already know. Also got Knitting 24/7 which as a lot of wonderful patterns and my first vogue stitchtionary with cable stitch patterns although the book i absolutely love it. Also something new to try and possibly get frustrated with a lace bobbin kit to take my creative hand to, I’m not sure if trying it is a good idea so for the minute till i feel confident and so i don’t lose half of the kit it’s staying firmly in the box it came in.

Anyway I’m going to get off it’s starting to get a little late but Happy New Year all and Happy Knitting in 2011

Nessa x