Episode 27: Online Classes with Stefanie Japel

I had the privilege to chat with THE Stefanie Japel last night about her new online classes.

Have you wanted to learn how to knit items that Fit and Flatter your body? Well, that is what Stefanie wants to teach you. There are only a few classes being offered right now but more will soon come.

The classes are wonderful in these economic times and a great way to take your knitting to the next level. Go, Take a look at her new site and sign up for a class :-)

www.stefaniejapel.ning.com

xoxox
Marly

Episode 26: Let the new season begin!

Yep, I am back and it is time to chat about knitting and crochet.

I talked about a lot of different things in this episode but some of the stuff I can think about off the top of my head are...

www.techknitting.blogspot.com BEST BLOG EVER!

www.insidecrochet.com NEW CROCHET MAGAZINE (I have a couple of pieces in this one)

www.crochetuncut.com THE UNOFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE CROCHET LIBERATION FRONT

www.tensionmagazine.com/ AWESOME NEW ONLINE MAGAZINE FOR CROCHET AND CREATIVE LIVING

www.slackfordstudio.com NEW WEBSITE FOR SUSAN (Pigeon Guts Purple Lady :-)

www.knittingdaily.com NEW DVD WORKSHOP CLASSES: Cables, Fair Isle, and the different seasons

www.knitandcrochettoday.com/ GET SEASON 1 & 2 ON DVD!

www.ravelry.com WANT TO SEE THE LIST OF PEOPLE ON THE SHOW THIS SEASON?

www.listeninglibrary.com BOOKS ON CD...Love them!!!

OH...I made a bag for the new season of Knit and Crochet Today (I think the name is changing but I am not sure what it will be called). Do you want to see it? I can give you a peek!

Peek-A-Boo Chevron Tunic

Yep, I am still here. I have been very busy finishing up a book I am writing with Jill Write for Leisure Arts and various other patterns for magazines.

Here is my newest published pattern. It is in the newest issue of Inside Crochet. You want the Ravelry links? The Peek-A-Boo Chevron Tunic is what I called it but in the magazine it is the Chevron Tunic I hear (I don't have the magazine yet) but you can find it in Inside Crochet, Issue #4 October/November

Here are some pictures on flickr I took of it before I sent it to the UK.

To tell the truth, I am not totally happy with the color choices that we used over the left boob. It would have been cuter with a blue instead of the green but the color cards we used to choose the colors made it look like the green would be perfect. The hard part is that the yarn is kettledyed and each skein is a little different from the next so even though one skein of the multy looked great with the green the others didn't. Does that make sense?
Here, I took pictures with a blue held up to it so you can see what it would look like in a different color.

So, I know some of you will be wondering, "why make one side different than the other?" Well, you don't have to do that at all but I thought it was a cool way to make an everyday chevron piece different. Actually, that is how I got the Peek-A-Boo idea. To me, the idea that only one boob has a striped chevron is like a game of peek a boo.

What do you think? You can be honest with me. I know that some of you will just LOVE it and some will HATE it. I am prepared for that as I too am in a love/hate relationship with it.

The only other thing that I might change when I publish this pattern myself is the way I did my decreases. I think they are a little too drastic and I think that I will do a little more math to make them a little more subtle in future patterns.

Other than that...I hope you will go to RAVELRY and favorite it right away :-)

I will try to update you all more soon with all the other things I have been up to lately!

OH...the podcast is scheduled to start up again in OCTOBER!!

xoxoxo

Twitter

Do any of you Tweet? It is pretty cool. Anyway, I wanted to let you know that I am on twitter under...wait for it...YarnThing :-)

Ep. 13 Sally Melville

What a wonderful woman. I have learned so much from her and I have never actually met her. Joy to talk to Sally Melville about designing, teaching, and her uber famous books!

• The Knit Stitch
• The Purl Stitch
• Color
  
• Mother and Daughter Knits
  

It was a good show if I say so myself! Go, have a listen.

You can find more information about Sally at http://sallymelvilleknits.com

If you are in a town where Sally is teaching I encourage you to Run, not walk, RUN to her class!

Ep. 12 Tasty Crochet

Ep. 11 Robyn Chachula