Remember the days of cameras with film? In the bins of old photos that I saved from my parent’s house when it was sold there are scads of envelopes of processed photos, with a small pocket that also includes the negatives. The negatives usually stay in those sleeves forever, but examining them can provide new…
The Killabrew Vest There are six miles of gravel and blacktop road to the nearest four way stop sign from our farm. That’s Lost City, and from that intersection Killabrew Road winds east along the Fourteen Mile Creek bottom. The Killabrew Vest uses Jamieson & Smith jumper weight yarn. It is worked in the round from the…
How it happens ……… Next week Lost City Knits will release a new design, my 39th pattern since May 2010. In the past ten years I have come to understand and find comfort in the ebb and flow of my design process. There are always new ideas popping into my mind. Some make it, and some…
New from Denise, the Barrey Hiking Vest uses the Norwegian Lice pattern and a diamond motif. For a limited time, we are offering our subscribers a deal. Until January 8th 2020, the pattern comes free with purchase of yarn for the vest. We will include a Ravelry dowload code when we ship your yarn. Of…
Brand new from Denise Bell of Lost City Knits, the Bougainvillea Vest uses traditional colorwork techniques to create an explosion of color. Denise used four motif colors and one background color from Jamieson & Smith Jumper Weight of the Shetland Islands for the original. The vest can be made cropped, as seen on Gabriella above, or hip length,…
Denise’s latest is the Crystal Visions Pullover, knit from Plötulopi Icelandic yarn. This unique fiber makes the sweater both incredibly light, and also vary warm — warm enough for Icelandic sheep. The idea for it came about during a light snowfall here, as flakes piled up on our pasture. Denise used two shades of blue to…
Using some motifs from the Sonoran Sarape, and adding new ones, the Saguaro Vest is the latest pattern from Denise of Lost City Knits. A stately Saguaro motif dominates the vest, accompanied by a stylized setting desert sun. A diamondback band introduces the repeat. The garment is worked in the round from the…
We’ve hinted at this before, but now we can announce that Denise’s newest design is for sale at our website, on Ravelry, and will be on the runway at STITCHES SoCal November 1st. It’s the Sonoran Sarape, inspired by the flora and fauna of the deserts in Arizona. The garment features motifs of a setting sun, a saguaro cactus,…
We’ve been quiet lately, but busy. As a follow-up to Ultima Thule- Patterns Inspired by the Shetland Islands we have turned our attention to the vast tallgrass prairie of central Kansas. For two years we have been making trips to Chase County, Kansas, finding inspiration, getting to know the people who live there, and knitting a lot.…
One can get to the Applecross peninsula of western Scotland two ways — over the Bealach Pass with its 20% grades and tight switchbacks, or around the Coward’s Way, which winds through coastal villages but has its share of tight turns and narrow passages, too. Either way is a delight. Once to the shore, wander…