How Small The World Is!

When I sat down at my weekly knitting group on Wednesday I noticed that one of the Ladies there was working on a shawl using a pattern that looked very close to the pattern I used in my Red Lace Shawl. The pattern I used is a pattern I saw on the internet in 2004 and modified to suit my needs.
I am somewhat excited, because the pattern she was using is working very well with all kinds of yarns and colors! So here is the pattern the Lady at my group used and you just need to click the link to be taken to the Spring 2005 issue of Knitty.com

So enjoy! And it just goes to show that one can modify and/or invent a pattern but often it really is only a reinvented new version of something old.

Questions to charting and patterns...

My last post before Christmas.... I am so excited to go on Vacation! 7 days with my Mom, best chocolate cake ever to just name one of the perks. Uh, I am so extra excited!

OK, now about the questions. I was asked how I generate the Charts for my Mittens etc. I am actually using a program called "Stitch Motive Maker 3" (look at it here) that my husband in a lovely gesture bought for me after he saw me struggle with excel. I also like graph paper. But I need to clarify that a lot of patterns never see paper until after the project is finished, I will often go back and chart something to have it saved somewhere.

Now about my patterns.... I am designing things myself and I really try to mention any other source (like Folk Shawls for some of the lace patterns I used) and I am just now starting to put some of them into a format that could be user friendly for those who do not know and could not know my shorthand-symbol-secret-thought-speech. So I have to think about that a little more, get better organized but that won't happen until after the New Year.

And: you can e-mail me at knittianaATgmailDOTcom. I will answer any question but until January 1st you might get an "on vacation" reply...

Have a wonderful Christmas and a great New Year!!!