Watered Steel Cardigan

My sweater design 'Louise' was re-named to 'Watered Steel Cardigan' and is now for sale at WEBS America's Yarn Store. As of today 145 people have flagged the design in their favorites on Ravelry! I am SO thrilled!!

WEBS has accepted a second design from me and I am getting started on it. It will be completed and sent to them by mid-April.

I am having so much fun! This is very exciting!!

I am so excited!

My sweater design called 'Louise' will be available very soon at WEBS.

They have selected another of my designs for publication. This design will be called 'Jeanne'. The yarn has been received and my gauge swatch is currently pinned out drying. Hoping to get started on this design this weekend.

I am so thrilled that WEBS likes my work!!

My stars are in line!

WEBS liked my sweater design called 'Louise'. They are interested in seeing more of my work! Received a box of 18 different yarns from WEBS to swatch and see what other ideas I can come up with. I have several swatches in the works that I think they will like. I am having a blast playing!!

My Textile Studio is coming together very nicely. My oldest helped me put up book shelves over Thanksgiving weekend. He is home now for Christmas and helped to put the shelves up in the closet this past weekend and hang my bulletin board.

My husband bought me a new table and desk lamp for Christmas. We put the table in the room and pulled out the 8 foot table this past weekend. We switched out the rocking chair and my husband carried down my glider rocking chair for the room instead. It is bigger and takes up more room but is much more comfortable to sit in.

I am still shopping for a different sewing machine table. The room is really looking great! I am so thrilled.

My stars are in line for all the good things happening for me these last couple of months!!!

Happy Holidays!!!!!

'Louise' Sweater Design to be published!

My sweater design is called 'Louise' and will be published by WEBS America's Yarn Store (www.yarn.com). They have reviewed the pattern and found NO math errors. They feel it will be a good seller. The next step is that WEBS will have the sample sweater professionally photographed in preparation to list it on the web site and in the catalog. They estimate the spring or summer catalog will carry the pattern.

This sweater pattern is named 'Louise' after my Grandma Louiae and my sister Louise. My Grandma Louise taught me to knit (along with other crafts) and was always encouraging. My sister Louise is very supportive, always telling me to pursue this dream and does photography work for me (for free) whenever she is home from Arizona. Two important ladies in my life!

WEBS is interested in seeing more of my work! It is hard to concnetrate at work because my mind is busy contemplating new ideas. This has and continues to be so exciitng for me!!

Opportunities, Tenacity and Positive Thinking

So many wonderful things have happened to me in the last couple of weeks.

First, I have finished writing my Aran Sweater Pattern and am now ready to cast on and get it knitted up. After all these years of working on this course, the end is in sight!

A couple of weeks ago, I had submitted 3 sweater proposals to a company out East - 1 women's sweater and 2 men's sweater patterns. They liked the women's pattern and I am now working on writing the pattern, swatching in some other yarns to decide which one to use and then will be making the sweater. My first Pattern is going to be published!! This is a big step for me. A fabulous opportunity. I am so excited!!!

Last winter, I saw in a magazine that I was reading, a call for people interested in having a room make over. I submitted pictures of my sewing/hobby room and completed the necessary paperwork. This week I heard from them and they are interested in doing my room! This is a dream come true - to work with a professional organizer and get this room in order. I am so excited (a little embarrassed to show off my mess but hey...) what an opportunity!

The dream of having a pattern published, the dream of working with a professional organizer, the dream of getting certified as a Master Knitter...so many wonderful things are coming my way. Pinch me - am I dreaming?! NO this is for real!!!

Progress!!

My swathes for the Level III Aran Sweater that I am working on, are now blocked and photos have been loaded to Ravelry. I can now write out the pattern calculating with my gauge from the swatches. It is hard to believe I am finally at this point!

Got a lot of work done over the weekend, blocking and finishing up projects. It was great! I have a couple of more items it would be nice to finish up in the next couple of months. Need to finish up some projects before I bring home my new purchases from the Stitches Convention in September!

I have started gathering the patterns I want to shop for yarn for at the Stitches Midwest Convention. I am getting really excited to be going. The classes are great and shopping at Stitches with my friend V is fantastic. I LOVE visiting Webs at the Market.

Back from Fort Lauderdale

I got home from Fort Lauderdale last Saturday night. This has been a long week. It is hard to come back to work after a week of sunbathing and shopping! I found a lot of good deals at the Sawgrass Outlet Mall in Fort Lauderdale. Didn't work on my knitting as much as I thought I would but it was a very relaxing vacation.

Have been working on a swatch on and off all week for my Master Level III sweater. I will finish it today on my lunch hour. I will hopefully be able to block my swatches this Sunday and start writing out my pattern. (We have a family reunion on Saturday or I would do it then!)

My youngest son thinks the yarn color is 'lame'. My oldest son thinks it is 'O.K.' I really like the brown color. For all the work going into this sweater I wanted it to be a conservative color and style so that I would be able to wear it for a long time. I still really like the color. I like how my swatches are turning out. Things are moving along nicely on my sweater for the Master Level III course. Woohoo!!

I ordered the Luxury Yarns Grab Bag from Webs Yarn Store in neutral colors. I have been swatching one of the colors for a sweater design. I hope to have that completed to submit the design for publication consideration somewhere. I really really like how that swatch has turned out. The people I have shown it to have given very positive feedback as well.