I published a little video about my best seller pattern “Kitty” on YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS5WlyGZ0C0 I hope this video will help to those who purchased the pattern to see the process of the knitting. 
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This project:”Broad Stripe Sweater “was designed for those who like clean lines and airy bell sleeves. Just to intrigue you I am placing the sketch that I created for this project. The newest issue of Your Knitting Line magazine is hitting newsstands today and you could own this pattern. The sleeves were changed from the original idea to satisfy majority of knitters.
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For last few weeks, I was working on three different projects. It is always fun to start anything new. I have a bag of very beautiful yarn from Rowan that I took with me to Jamaica. Colorful flowers, turquoise water, rhythms of Caribbean’s music all of it was a great help to put my thoughts on paper and swatches. Rowan is one of my favorite knitting magazines and the work for them was a pure pleasure. I am very pleased that two of my designs will be in the Rowan Magazine 53.
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Just come b
ack from the beautiful mountains of Jamaica. Colors of the flowers, ocean and trees are magnificent inspiration for my next few projects for spring 2013.
Inspired by colors of Jamaica, I finished my swatches for Rowan.
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The projects are finished and shipped this morning.
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I am working on two projects for Noro book. Both of them are finished now. For my first project, I used only one color of this beautiful but deceptive yarn. Noro is a very colorful thick/thin thread. When you know your gauge and the size and you are working with one color it is not so difficult. I normally do not have mistakes with my calculation and the result is pretty much close to my original sketch and size. My second project is intarsia jacket (two colors and slightly different gauge) was a nuisance from the stitch one. I thought my gauge was fine, but it was not. So, my advice: if you have to use two or more colors of Noro – pay attention to the gauge and the size of the garment (you may have to adjust one or another).
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One of my sketches was approved for the project “Striped Sweater”. This yarn is not my favorite, but it is a project and will be published in June/July 2012. Materials for the project are on the photo
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