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

Ep. 10 Donna Druchunas

Wow, I fell in love with Donna during this podcast. So much talent in one lady...it almost isn't fair.

This capital K Knitter is not only writing pattern books but offering us knitters a true history about what it is we love! Seriously, these books are a MUST HAVE for any knitters library!
OH...I guess I should tell you what books I am talking about huh, lol.

The Knitted Rug
Arctic Lace
Ethnic Knitting Discovery
Ethnic Knitting Exploration

You can read more about Donna and what she is up to on her blog http://www.sheeptoshawl.com/blog/

She also teaches several classes at Shuttles, Spindles, and Skeins in Boulder, CO.

Ep. 9 Kate Jacobs: The Friday Night Knitting Club

Did you read this book? Did you fall in love with Georgia and Dakota? Did you wish that you had a Walker and Daughters Yarn Shop near you? Well, you are not the only one.

I had the privilege of chatting with the beautiful Kate Jacobs about her New York Times Bestselling book The Friday Night Knitting Club, the sequel Knit Two, and her recent book to hit paperback Comfort Food.

Listen to the show and have some of your questions finally answered.

• Does Kate know how to knit?
  
• Did she create any of the characters after anybody she knows?
  
• Is there a really a movie in the works?
  
• Can we expect more books about the ladies we love?