I traveled to Scotland with my husband in about 1998. He had cancer at the time and he wanted to make one last trip -- he chose England as his destination, and I said that if we went there, we would also have to go to Scotland, so I could enjoy…
Class project for Charles Gandy embellishment class. Knit in the round with chunky acrylic yarn, stuffed with fiber fill. Learned a lot about monster style embellishments.
I knitted this cabled pullover with worsted weight wool yarn. It was great to wear over a white button down shirt, and I wore it a lot. I do not currently recall the source of the pattern I used.
This miniature sock ornament was designed and made by my mentor, Janet Johnson Stephens. It uses commercial sock yarn. The ornament is worked back and forth and seamed along the top edge, rather than worked in the round as a traditional sock. It is…
This is a flower loom afghan in acrylic yarn. The lower/outer petals are white. Each center is worked in one of nine different colors. The field of 357 flowers is a hexagonal grid of 16 by 23 — in a hexagonal pattern, it is 12 columns with 16 flowers…
This is an acrylic crochet afghan consisting of blocks with large red Irish roses. The afghan is 30 identical blocks total arranged in a 5 by 6 grid. There is fringe at the short ends but not the sides.
This hand knit cotton cardigan was a challenging project to make, featuring bold color work patterns in Fair Isle and intarsia, with textured stitches and beads. I have really loved it, and have worn it frequently. I wore it when the knitting…
This afghan was made by my paternal grandmother. She was a talented seamstress. She made much of her own wardrobe throughout her life as well as clothes for her grandchildren. She crocheted less often than she sewed. She is the person who taught me…