Archive for From the Studio
Its a very exciting time now, and stressful too. I’ve finished all of the sketches and swatches for the book (aside from one I have to felt, ohhhhh felt! Now I’ve got you wondering huh?) Now I’m knitting all the final samples for the models to wear and I can’t tell you how exciting that is to be knee deep in that process! Once each pattern is written I’ll work on having them test knit, and the math tech edited. Then later, another tech editor will be going through everything. Very happy to know it they will be reviewed twice by two different tech editors.
Continue reading “Exciting Time” »
The last month of my life is one gigantic blur, actually the last two months. My husband traveled out of town a lot, I had a car accident which resulted in my waiting a month to get a new car, and I had to do a heck of a lot of work on the latest Petite Purls to get the new design and issue up (with my partner in crime Allegra).
I had a wonderful time at TNNA, I don’t remember half of it but the parts where I didn’t spend it on my computer coding (hrmm maybe 40% I was not coding?) I really enjoyed.
Continue reading “TNNA 2011 – Petite Purls Grrls” »
I am so excited to share my latest pattern with you, the “School Colors” hoodie, which is simple and fun to knit, with a fitted modern silhouette in that wonderfully bold Spud & Chloe pallet. I used a simple crochet stitch to border the fronts and hood (applied i-cord is another option but takes longer!) and then popped in a zipper (the green one features a fun brass zipper which I loved, but it’s too small to see in the photo).
I had a wonderful time knitting them, and I love them both so much. It looks like they added some really cute and funky zipper pulls to them for the photos and I just love that! It’s sized from 25 to 44, so you can knit it for the young tween in your life, or knit one for yourself! They are both knit top down in one piece, with the red one there is a very simple trick to twisting the yarn on each row, so that you can knit with two colors. It’s like a very simple form of intarsia (and I don’t generally like intarsia, this is so much easier but technically the same thing, stripped down). So no seaming in pesky sleeves later, very little finishing!
I can’t wait to see my samples again in person at TNNA, and get to see the lovely crew from Blue Sky Alpacas and Spud & Chloe again!
Continue reading “School Colors Hoodie – Spud & Chloe” »
It’s been crazy over here, my husband was out of town for three entire weeks, first to Canada and then on a business trip in a closer state. I am exhausted. I totaled my car that first week he was gone (and in Canada with no way to help me). Then my computer died (my new one, hah!) and apple told me it was a bad hard drive (aka their fault) and I lost THREE MONTHS worth of photos of my kids and anything else I photographed for my online stuff. Seriously sad stuff. I had last backed up everything in February, and I did not expect a new computer to die on me. Apple is still a far superior product to windows but I am disappointed in how getting bigger has, as always started to chip away at a wonderful company. The bigger companies get, the worse they get, seems to always be pretty reliable an assumption. SOME things do get better, but quality always seems to suffer for success.
Continue reading “Mad Props” »
TNNA was just as much fun as I imagined it to be, maybe even more! I had to take little LG with me, which is not exactly something I would advise (brining a baby to TNNA) however it is allowed, and I can tell you I am extremely happy I went, and at this juncture I simply could not have gone without her. Next year however, margarita’s on me, because I’ll be coming alone! Everyone was so kind about having the baby along, I am going to attempt to thank a few of the people who helped me with her, allthough I am sure I’ll miss a few. Continue reading “TNNA Summer 2010″ »
My name is Brandy Fortune, and I design knit-wear for kids. I love Crème Brulée, Sci-Fi, 70 degree weather and reading a good book in bed. I spend my time knitting, sewing, taking pictures, co-editing the web-zine 
