Tag: design

  • Knitwear Designs for Intrepid Tulips

    Val Love of Dovetail Designs I met knitwear designer Val Love a little more than a year ago at the TNNA Columbus yarn show. We bumped into each other in a loud restaurant after a busy day in the exhibit hall. We exchanged a bit of small talk and business cards. The next morning, with…

  • Variegated Yarn Variations

    Variegated Yarn Variations

    A week ago I took Shirley Paden’s Knitwear Design class. Pre-class homework involved swatching for the garment we were going to design.  I’ve had a pound of merino DK weight yarn, dyed in a range of greys, black, and bits of lavender in the stash for some time, and with this class approaching, it started…