#jane richmond

[cablesandpurls]

Knitting Pattern: Lionheart by Shannon Cook and Jane Richmond

cables & purls on Etsy

[branda]

Ravelry: Entwine Scarf pattern by Jane Richmond

[celebrateasimplelife]

 Here is my beautiful daughter and the beanie I just made for her.  I used Autumn by Jane Richmond from Ravelry.

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/ARHimes/autumn

[amandaeoliver]

Knitting Is Serious Business: An Interview With Jane Richmond | by Amanda Oliver

Many people wish they could leave a full-time 9 to 5 job to pursue something they love. What have been some ups and downs for you in the process? What were you doing before this became your career?

My previous career was in the automotive industry. When I left the field I worked odd jobs mostly, not really knowing what I wanted to pursue next. During the time I was juggling both self employment and a day job, I found it more and more difficult to go to work. Designing was so fulfilling in ways that no other job had been–a big part of me wanted to devote my full attention to it, but I knew it had to be a gradual transition while I built up my portfolio.

Now that I get to do something I love, full time, it’s hard to imagine doing anything else.

I interviewed Jane Richmond about knitting, owning her own business, and being a mom. Check out her patterns on Etsy—they're good for both beginner and experienced knitters.

[mulletwing]

Omg this looks freaking awesome!

[random-craft-thinks]

The above image are not mine, they are blatantly borrowed off google images.  

So awhile back during the black Friday/Cyber Monday sales I ordered a sweaters worth of yarn from knitpicks, 10 skeins of Knitpicks Palette in the Clemantis Heather colourway.  I had no set plan for which sweater, and only after realized that a fingering weight sweater pattern is far more of a rare creature than a worsted or other weight sweater.  But Ce la vie, I had the yarn I would keep looking about.  And I did, I even looked at the very pattern pictured above on ravelry and decided naw not really what I wanted.  Then I found the book at the library, The Island collection by local knitwear designer Jane Richmond.  And I looked through it and fell in love with 4 of the 5 pattern(I like the 5th one I just don't love it).  Which included this fingering weight sweater.  It was settled, 1)At some point I need to own this book, and 2) This is the sweater I will make.  

The pattern is Grace by Jane Richmond, it's gorgeous.  And I have already cheated on my March of The WIPs by swatching for it.  Now it's April and I intend to start it sometime this week.  So shortly I will embark on the journey of my first sweater.  My goal is to finish it in time for my cousin's wedding this summer, but I don't know if that will happen especially since I'm also planning on knitting their wedding gift.  Time will tell.