Finally! Just like I promised...

For those of you who haven't (yet) attended my "Stars and Stripes" class: Good News! You can now download the 20-page workbook on Ravelry!  CLICK HERE to get yours.

The companion text to my three-hour class, this e-book will guide you through the process of making your own Norwegian Fana sweater, in any size.

From understanding the elements of Historical, Traditional and Modern Fana, to taking accurate body measurements, through all the calculations you'll need, this workbook covers the Fana Formula comprehensively. At the end, you'll find detailed steeking diagrams, and notes on further reading.

Included are the special star and stripe charts I designed for you: their stitch counts fit easily into Fana of all different sizes. Feeling more adventurous? You can design your own motifs, using the custom gauge-friendly graph paper.

Want more? CLICK HERE to review all my Fana-related blog posts and follow my journey.

I love it when a plan comes together.

Spread Your Wings

How was your New Year's celebration? Mine was fantastic. I spent part of it getting this ready:

As promised, I present my 2015 exclusive design, "Butterflies". 

Butterflies is worked in two colorways of Kauni Effektgarn in a large circle, then cut at its steek to form a rectangle. Applied knitted cord finishes all four edges, and can be knotted or tied at the corners. Finished size is approximately 12 1/2" X 82"; it's almost a stole.

The kit, which includes the pattern and four (4!) whopping skeins of Kauni Effektgarn is available for purchase to attendees of the Madrona Winter Retreat. It works like this:

Students in my Eeek! Steeks! class will receive their kits via US Mail (shipping later this week), so you can begin knitting your homework.  Remember: you don't have to actually finish the entire project to have a great time in class and learn all you need to know. But if you are a maniac (and I know you are, because you signed up), you can actually leave class with this finished project if you knit to the specified point in the pattern before we meet.

01-06-15, Breaking News: 2 slots have opened up in class! Click HERE to sign up, and get your kit right away!

Everyone else, If you are attending the retreat, (or have a friend who is), you can order a kit from me and pick it up at the retreat. Kits for non-students this year are $75. If you'd like to purchase a kit, please send me an e-mail using the contact tab above, and I'll let you know how to proceed. While there is no limit to the number of kits I can provide, I won't have any extras for sale at the event, so let me know as soon as you can if you'd like to reserve one.

And non-Madrona-attendees, you know I love you too, so if you wait for a year, I'll make the pattern available to the whole wide world. Can't wait that long? Check out Wisteria, Violets, Thistle and Dragons, from prior years, available now.

Here Be Dragons

You've patiently waited, and now it's finally going to pay off:

"Dragons" is available now! CLICK HERE to get your copy on Ravelry.

Originally created as an exclusive for the 2013 Madrona Winter Retreat, the design is worked in three beautiful colorways of Abstract Fiber Alto.

Each end of the scarf has a dragon, whose tails intertwine and meet at the center in a love knot.

The scarf is worked circularly, then cut open at the short ends; perfect for your first steeked project.  

This scarf isn't just warm: it breathes fire.  Bet you know someone fierce enough to wear this.