Swatch Diaries

4/13/12

4/12/12

I am happy to introduce Sibella, at long last! I took these photographs last October and have been waiting in the Q que to release her.

The stitch pattern is derived from Frost Flowers, the stitch pattern that adorns the Imogen/Immie series. The pullover is worked from the bottom up in one piece. The shaping in the yoke is easy—all done in between the lacey tiers.

Pattern is available on Madder, Quince, and Ravelry.

Thank you to knitter/designer Margaux, for the beautiful work on this sample!

xo
c

Forgot to mention: yarn is chickadee, color is kittywake heathers

OH, and you get the Quince e-letter, right? Well, thought I'd share some of these e-letter mock-ups:

4/11/12

nice hat

Mary Jane Mucklestone made this adorable hat for Immie (with chickadee yarn). Thank you Mary Jane--she has gotten a lot of wear out of that cap!

Imogen is getting much harder to photograph...that girl sure can move...

4/4/12

Knitbot Essentials

We are excited at Quince & Co. to announce the arrival of our first print book! Knitbot Essentials is a joint effort--Hannah Fettig's fabulous designs shown in Q's lovely yarns.

The photo shoot for this book was back in January—the 12th to be exact. It was the darkest day of the winter. I do not exaggerate. But, alas, we could not reschedule due to the fact that our adorable model, Abigail, was already on the plane that morning flying up to Portland. Arg. Blarg. Ack.
And to make matters more difficult, our location was not heated. Yeah, so it was snowing, blizzard style, and we were all chilled to the bone at the Black Point Inn (really would be fun to stay there in the summer! when they are open). So...it was a rough day. OH, and it was Imogen's first birthday to boot. I'm not usually one for complaining, but this day goes down in my book as being pretty tough.

But, on the bright side, the photos came out really nice (am I allowed to say that?). The styling came together. The location, albeit cold, was really sweet. And the crew (Cecily, Hannah, and Pam) worked hard to make it all happen. I'm so proud of this book! And, the graphics too..it was really rewarding to be able to design the pages of the book. A real pleasure. Hope y'all like it.

Below are some blizzard shots from the photo shoot:

4/3/12

in the works...

I know you can not tell by this blog that I have been busy working on new stuff--but I have! Right now I have a few patterns with my wonderful tech editor. Once those are done, I can get the garments back and schedule a couple photo shoots (hope a certain little girl hasn't become camera shy).
Above is a little peach linen skirt that Immie will wear in one of the collections. I'm really excited to see her in some new knitwear!

3/21/12

It's so warm today, my window is open. I can hear those busy seagulls in the port. I'm trying to enjoy it, however it is March in Maine and high temperatures like these are usually unheard of this time of year. Bizzare-o.