Pattern Release, and an Invitation

A little something to liven up your mid-summer knitting: my new Squash Blossom Bookmark pattern. It's now available in my Etsy shop and as a Ravelry download.



It takes a small amount (far less than one skein) of two colors of fingering weight yarn. I used Knit Picks Essential Kettle-Dyed sock yarn, in Grasshopper and Gold. But of course you can use any colors you like--you could make a Goth squash blossom in purple and black, or a wintry one in white and gray. Techniques include working in the round on small dpns and knitting an I-cord, making it an intermediate or advanced beginner pattern.

The Squash Blossom Bookmark will also be available in the 2010 Knitting Pattern-a-Day Calendar, where it will be the March 31 pattern. You can get the calendar later this year at your favorite LYS or bookstore, or--if you like to take care of things well in advance--you can preorder it now at Amazon.com.

And here's the invitation: This Friday, July 10, there's an opening reception from 5 to 7 pm for the Works on Paper show at the Northampton Center for the Arts. My knitted drawing Cloud Frock is one of the artworks by 40 or so local artists in the show. If you're in the neighborhood, please stop by and say hello! The exhibition runs from July 10 through August 8, and summer gallery hours are Thursday through Saturday, 4-7 pm. (Click the link for directions to the center.)

The reception is part of Northampton's monthly gallery walk, Arts Night Out. One of the other shows you can see that evening is "I Heard a Voice: The Art of Lesley Dill" at the Smith Art Museum. I've seen the Dill show twice already and plan to see it at least once more--it's that good. I highly recommend it, especially if you're a fan of Emily Dickinson's poetry.