I’ve been busy re-working that project I took apart last week and have learned two things in the course of an intensive week of knitting:

1. that I’m developing “knitter’s bottom”

2. a way to work wraps on the purl side so that they’re invisible….. more on this next week

In the meantime, my first design for the UK magazine “The Knitter” is coming out this week, in Issue 16.

The Knitter is published monthly and is intended for knitters who like a challenge, although many of the projects are suitable for beginners, too.

I subscribed here and it’s it’s also available at book stores.

I wanted Guinevere’s Gloves to be playful but wearable and used my beloved Koigu KPM in three colours: natural (0), sage (2341), blueberry (2300) and tangerine (1193) .

I love KPM for it’s twist, softness, and above all, it’s range of colours. You can create something and feel like you’ve channeled Missoni’s muse. I even prefer it to KPPPM, its better known hand-painted sister. They’re the same yarn, I just happen to love playing with the semi solids rather than the multis.

I’m now making a pair in a new colourway.