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Archive for January, 2010
Pachyderms on Parade
Jan 31st
Marti, a tester for the Tiny Things Collection 1 patterns, went on a Tiny Elephant-making spree!
Maybe you noticed that one of these elephants is not like the others. It’s a small sheep made from this fun pattern by Flutterby Patch. (I also love the sleeping cat looming in the background.)
Thank you for the test, Marti!
Ready for G-Day?
Jan 27th
Groundhog Day is right around the corner, people! I love these pics taken by Eskimimi of her Punk Phil made from my Godfrey pattern. Soon it will be officially time to start daydreaming about spring.
Eskimimi didn’t have any black yarn on hand, so she made her groundhog’s hat out of felt instead. Looks like that worked great!
After finding Eskimimi’s groundhog on Ravlery, I discovered that she is a talented designer herself. Check out her (really beautiful) blog!
Valentine’s Pattern Peek
Jan 26th
I don’t know about you, but Valentine’s Day always sneaks up on me! That’s why I’ve never really come out with a love-themed pattern in time for the holiday. (I published my Hearts pattern on February 12th in 2007, and Luvgun debuted way out of season.)
This year will be different! Last week I got a sudden urge to do a super-cuddly pattern for this February, so I spent a few days frantically designing and knitting. It’s now being tested, and will be coming soon! Here’s a little peek.
Going Gocco
Jan 25th
Can you believe my mother-in-law has had a Gocco printer for YEARS and we only tried it out this weekend?
Figuring out how to use it was a snap—we just watched this tutorial video from Etsy. The hardest part was sitting around trying to come up with something to draw. That took… an embarrassingly long time.
Anyway, I finally settled on a mess of little rectangular monsters. (Bonney insisted on refraining from printing her own design for this trial run.)
(Apologies for the cell phone photos, btw.)
The Gocco contraption lets you burn your image onto a screen, then you paint the screen with ink and use the same contraption to press the ink through the screen onto paper.
I didn’t take any pictures during the screen-burning process (it was too nerve-racking!), but here is the printing process, as demonstrated by Bonney.
You can apparently make up to 50 or so prints with one inking!
Here’s a better view of the finished print on brown paper.
This was so much fun that it’s tempting to imagine getting my own and printing up tons of stationery. If only I wrote more notes!
