Sigh. I can feel a two-ton weight is going to drop over my head for even broaching this subject, but can we talk about how crocheters (and knitters) are using Pinterest? I love Pinterest. I love being able to have a place online where I can store images that I love, with some of those [...]
Archive for the 'Techno Babble' Category
August 31 2012
July 19 2012
Three Sheets Brewing Logo Design for “An Old Salt” of the Sea
It’s been three days of 2am showers and late night kitty feedings. I’ve been working fast and hard on a logo design for the husband of a fellow knitwear designer, Jennifer of Magpie Knitwear Designs. This was truly a labor of love. Jennifer contacted me last week on Ravelry with a request for a logo [...]
April 14 2012
High-Def Crochet Tutorial Videos in the Making (Or, “How I Managed to Spend the Last Two Days of My Spring Break.”)
V-Day. It’s here. No, not Valentine’s Day all you lovers. Video Day. The day I finally start re-shooting all my crochet videos in high definition. The Husband bought an HD camera several months ago and I thought it was high time these videos get a make-over. Or, perhaps a complete do-over. Gear 1. Flood lights [...]
December 29 2011
Need a Graphic Designer for Your Crochet or Knit Pattern Line? Hire Me.
I came across a graphic designer group on Ravelry which had a thread up about, “Hey, here are my graphics if you’re interested in my work” kinda thread. Figured I’d throw something together to show some stuff I’ve done. I should probably get up some kind of working online portfolio at some point (if I [...]
November 13 2011
Slapin-Solomon Viola Duo Logo Design
My husband runs a recording studio out of our basement (he also does graphic design for his day gig). One of his long-time clients is a very talented viola player named, Scott Slapin. Both he and his wife, Tanya Solomon, have built their careers around a common love: the viola. So when Scott and Tanya wanted [...]
July 10 2011
A couple years ago, when I decided to be amongst the last people to jump into the Facebook pool, I did it as means of connecting with people in a new way. I’d throw up a post here on my blog saying as much, and to hit me up with a friend request. It was [...]
January 22 2011
Opening NexStitch Crochet Patterns on your iPhone or iPad via Ravelry!
I love Ravelry. I geek out on the technology that it has to offer. Just when I think Jess and Casey have topped themselves, I discover something else I didn’t know was available to Ravelry users. Case in point: The coolness of opening NexStitch crochet patterns on your iPad or iPhone*. Now you can have [...]
July 23 2010
Steppin’ Out to Make Step-Outs
Birthing. That’s what I call it. I don’t make patterns. I don’t write patterns. I birth them. When I’m done, I’m exhausted, wishing I had opted for that epidural, and happy the screaming is over. It’s the closest thing to real live birth I’ll ever experience. No, really. Yes, self-publishing patterns – the way I [...]
April 1 2009
Crochet Symbol Charting Using Adobe Illustrator CS3 (Part 3: Working in Rows)
Now that you know how to make slip and chain stitches as well as single, double, and treble crochets, let’s talk about how we can group our stitches to make a simple chart. Open a new document and save it. Call it whatever you like. I’m calling my “First Symbol Chart.” The Setup There are a [...]
March 29 2009
Crochet Symbol Charting Using Adobe Illustrator CS3 (Part 2: Making Basic Stitches)
Picking up where we left off in the first lesson, I am going to show you how to create a single crochet stitch, which in turn, will get you on the path to creating other basic stitches. (If you haven’t read that lesson, I would do so as I won’t be reviewing too much from [...]
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