Literary Aspirations

Not about the book. Sorry! Actually, I just finished writing, drawing, and inking my first zine. I've been playing around with the idea of creating a zine for quite sometime now, but I never actually put thought into motion until today.



It's called Knit Zine, and it is a small publication containing thoughts about color choices for this fall, a pattern for a pair of super simple fingerless gloves, along with a few extra features.

I will be selling hand knit items at a craft show in my area and I thought I'd put a few of these out on the table. I'm not sure how well they'll sell, but I probably won't produce that many for the first batch and give quite a few away just to get word out. They'll be worth a dollar and I think that's fair including a pattern, right?

I finished my Daphne purse from Louisa Harding's "Knitting Little Luxuries." I forgot to add my magnetic snap before adding my lining, but the purse is deep enough to do without it. It's knit with Peaches n' Cream natural and the flowers are done in some pretty blue gellato that I had left over from my lace skirt.

I'm also working on the Hearts and Flowers Socks, by Wendy Johnson. They're toe-up socks (knit from the toes to the cuffs) and they're really cute! I have been working on them for a month and a half, which seems like a long time, but it is the first time I've knit lace socks with a slip stitch heel.

Other than that, the day has been pretty quiet. We've had a bit of rain and the dogs have been napping. I'm looking forward to finishing one of the socks tonight and possibly watching a movie.

Happy Knitting!