Not a lot going on — a stealth project and little more — so I thought I would share some of the designs I have saved in my “favorites” file in Ravelry. I LOVE the fact that you can ‘favorite’ both patterns and specific renditions of patterns for future reference. It makes Rav worthwhile even if you do not want to catalog all of your WIPs and FOs or your yarn stash.
Here are a few that I have favorited recently:
Panda Silk DK Fan Shawl (free pattern) — it looks crocheted, but isn’t!
Ormolu by Barbara Gregory and offered in The Twist Collective — mosaic knitting which is not my favorite but the design is stunning…
Alexandria by Connie Chang Chinchio — classic and beautiful
Norwegian Rose Socks by Wendy Johnson of WendyKnits — nice if you like to knit socks!
Luiza by Jane Araujo — very pretty and downloadable for $5
This just proves how dangerous it is to explore Ravelry!! I have no idea if I will ever get to any of these projects, but it is food for thought!
I was just thinking that last shawl is stunning and it turns out I’d already favorited it. There are just so many great designs being published right now that I can’t imagine not having Ravelry to help catalog them all.
Comment by GinkgoKnits — May 15, 2010 @ 10:47 pm
That cardigan is the bomb. It just hopped into my queue.
Comment by twinsetellen — May 15, 2010 @ 11:30 pm
Hey not so fast — it’s already in my queue.
Comment by surly — May 15, 2010 @ 11:55 pm
That cardigan is gorgeous! I also like the fan shawl. The others are all nice too, but don’t call to me the same way. Two new items in my queu…
Comment by Doris — May 17, 2010 @ 5:44 pm
I favorited the Alexandria cardigan too!
Comment by Claudine — May 17, 2010 @ 10:52 pm
Taking a small risk to visit tonight, as I fear that your website has been hacked. While browing it early this a.m. I got a malware infection, a bad one. That computer is still in the shop and hearing my story, the tech thought that you probably had been hacked. He says that happens to normal blogs and websites all the time now. Microsoft Security Essentials is the answer to all of this, according to what I have been hearing from many sources today. I thought that it was important that you should know about this. Maybe it should go without saying, but I’ll say it, IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT. The tech and I joked that half the knitters in St. Paul, Mn might be having to get rid of malware today.
Comment by Marcy — May 18, 2010 @ 8:28 pm
My virus software also stopped the download, gave me a warning, then said the virus had been removed from my computer.
Comment by Sigrun — May 18, 2010 @ 11:33 pm
Crap…you just added 3 projects to my mental queue. Okay, so not “crap” — but you REALLY are an enabler!
Comment by twinsetjan — May 31, 2010 @ 1:40 pm