lace and the miter square

while fiddling around with a section of our penelope pattern, we ended up making a little swatch that turned out to be a lace version of the miter square.  we’ve seen striped miter squares before but haven’t as yet come across a lacy concoction. . . it makes a nice little coaster by itself, and if ya whipped up a whole bunch, you might just end up with a really cool blanket!’

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quinn for guys + gals

there’s something about the classic herringbone pattern, named after the bone pattern of the herring fish, that we find so beguiling. it’s modern, striking and timeless all at the same time.  over the weekend, we whipped up quinn, a two-toned herringbone scarf, that looks dashing on both guys and gals.

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off to provence

(lavender fields in uchaux)

we’re off to basque country and provence for the next few days!  hopefully we’ll come back with our arms laden with wonderful new things.

until then, any orders for physical goods will ship on monday, august 29th. your credit card will not be charged until the item is shipped.  downloadable patterns are of course available 24/7, 365 days a year.

happy summer!

laduree in new york

like a lot of new yorkers these days, we’re a bit giddy about Ladurée setting up shop at 845 madison avenue.  the opening date is purportedly august 22nd, which is just a few days around the corner!

while on one of our scouting trips, we spotted some delicious parisian pastry inspired fabrics that look remarkably like ladurée’s famous pastry counters.  the fabric is part of yuwa’s live life collection and sells out almost immediately in japan. we were able to track down a bit and it’s available here.

can you imagine resting your head on a pillow made out of these fabrics before falling into pastry dreamland? or whipping up an apron for that friend who is obsessed with macarons?

tutorial: p1 thru back loop, yb, p1 thru back loop

a reader wrote in a while back asking for clarification on a stitch sequence used in the elise pattern.  it goes something like this “. . . purl 1 through the back loop, drop the next stitch, yarn back, purl 1 through the back loop. . .” there are two parts to this stitch pattern that make it a bit less standard.  we’re going to break it down here to explain how the stitch sequence is done: (more…)