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For me, the design process is always about
using a project (or design) as a means for
communicating or practicing a particular
technique or skill. So, new designs rarely
have a theme, but this past January's new
releases turned out to have a theme,
"Everything Old is New Again". Each of the
new patterns launched at TNNA in Long Beach
had elements of both old and new. This is
the most new patterns I have offered in a
number of years. And with the book deadlines
looming, it will probably be the
most you see from me for the foreseeable future!
Three of the new patterns are either updates
or enhancements to patterns that were
originally in our line. The Top
Down Sweater now has a 12 sizes,
something for everyone in the family. The Sidewise
Cardigan was always destined to be put
into the Skill Builder line and the newest
model will feature Malabrigo yarn. The St
Tropez Shell pattern is now the St
Tropez Twin Set with the addition of a
3/4 sleeve open front cardigan.
However, the newest pattern, Brenna's
Vision
is also one of the oldest in concept. The
pattern was inspired by a one-time character
on Star Trek:The Next Generation named
Brenna. Be the first person to e-mail me
with the episode name in which the character
appeared and you will receive a free copy of
the pattern. E-mail me at gwen @
knitability.com (remove the spaces) and put
Brenna's Vision in the subject line.
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As promised, with the first newsletter of
2008 there is now a free pattern included. I
debated about the best method for sharing
this, and subsequent patterns and decided
that a page dedicated to my free patterns was
the best method. As new patterns are
offered, they will be added, each in a PDF
file format.
This time I am offering a pattern of three
items and I made for myself as a way to
experiment with some left-over hand dyed
yarn. Since that time, I have received a
number of requests for the pattern.
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So with the prospect of the upcoming book, I
had been posting about the book writing
process. Of course, recently I haven't
posted about anything! However, it seem
appropriate to take an opportunity to
actually post about knitting classes since,
this is supposed to be the Knitting Professor.
During one of our many trips up to the local
ski mountain this past ski season, Arlis and
I started talking about what is the one
product that Knitability should offer that we
currently are not. Well, I wanted to be able
to teach more classes to more people, but
there is a limited market in my home town and
it just isn't practical to be traveling all
the time even if there was interest in having
me booked all the time.
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There is a lot new at Knitability for 2008. Come on over and see what is new!
Happy Knitting,
 Gwen Bortner
Knitability, LLC
email:
gwen@knitability.com
phone:
866.564.8548
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