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Woo! talk about GLAM!!
Friday, April 20th, 2007
(photo by Ron Hamilton)
L to R in the photo above: Jessica (my editor) Nora (stylist) ME and Amanda (art director.) Looking at this picture makes me feel incredibly happy and excited and motivated!
We did the author photos for Glam Knits today at Ron Hamilton Photo in Cincinnati, and also shot one of the garments for the book!
It was so fun, and after talking to Amanda and meeting Ron and Nora (I’m in constant contact with Jessica)…I’m SO SO looking forward to seeing Glam Knits. We talked a lot about the vision for the book, and it’s going to be beautiful. This book is in the best of hands.
A weird coincidence…we took a walk through the mall after an awesome lunch with the whole F&W Craft team (sales, editorial, art, PR…) and ran into the stylist from Fitted Knits! Totally random and wonderful.
AND…check out this cool ad that’s going to run in the Summer issue of Adorn:
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Fitted Knits Sighting: Puffy sleeved cardigan
Monday, April 16th, 2007
The Puff-sleeved cardigan, finished by Yuvee
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(short) Puffed-Sleeved Cardigan: Fitted Knits FO!
Friday, March 30th, 2007
What a way to end the week.
Look at this cutie pie knit by the Knitting School Dropout:
I love it so much when you guys send in your FO photos!!
This one is so cute, like a little cupcake. With the pink, and the red buttons…DARLING!! Melissa lengthened the sweater, and skipped the lace at the bottom. Way GO on the awesome mods!!
(Look at me, I’m all !! today!!)
I know you guys are way more blog-savvy than me, but lookie what I just found:
Veronik is such a neat person. So *SO* nice and incredibly talented. (Hopefully she’ll tell us all about how she does what she does so well!) 
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Bluebell: Fitted Knits FO!
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Here’s another Fitted Knits FO!
This is the Bluebell sweater…made from Rowan Felted Tweed in color Herb.
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BOOK SIGNING / FASHION SHOW / CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
This is part of the Historic Downtown Mall “First Friday” gallery walk, and is open to the public. Even if you don’t want a book, come for the cute girls in the fashion show and CHAMPAGNE! (WOO!)
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signed copies
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
A few people have emailed me about ordering signed copies of the book.
If you’d like one, please email fitted(dot)knits(at)gmail(dot)com.
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…And Another one!
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
Beth, my old friend from Big Geek Knitting, made this lovely grey version of the same sweater…
Check out her son posing in the sweater!! SO CUTE (and macho!)
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Puffy Sleeve: Fitted FO!
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
Puff-sleeved feminine cardigan by Ruthless Knitting (I love that she did all the accents in stand-out color!)
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Drop-stitch tank: Fitted FO spotting!
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
It’s the drop-stitch lace tank…spotted at Lotus Knits!
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Fitted Knits FO and…a few questions answered…
Thursday, March 15th, 2007
This is Heather’s “Alexandra Ballet Top.” It came out SO CUTE!
As you know, we’ve compiled a few errata for the second printing of the book (link at left). When I emailed today to submit them, I found out that the book is *already* out for the second printing! (That just blows my MIND.)
SO. Updates will be in the THIRD printing.
I’ve been getting a ton of email lately, and I’d like to answer some of the more common book-related questions here.
Several people have asked me why I’ve chosen to use that double border on a lot of the garments.
I did that because I really wanted the patterns to come across as a “line.” I was thinking about consistency and having some commonality that joins all of the pieces together. I also just really like it. It’s like a frame for a picture.
People have also written to say that they see elements of various other patterns I’ve published throughout the last two years in the book, and wonder how many patterns in the book are already published.
There are elements of “Angelica” in the keyhole blouse and the shrug is the big sister of the “One Skein Wonder.” The puff-sleeved cabled cardigan has the collar of “Forecast,” but is more based on the “Astrid” cardigan. The Spencer jacket shares the front shaping of the “Boobholder.” The V-neck is a more sophisticated version of the “easy v-neck.” You’ll also see allusions to “Bad Penny,”the “Cami Tube,” and possibly a few others…”Ubernatural” influenced one piece…
I was contacted by F&W for this gig because of the Glampyre Knits online and throughout the knitting scene. Although there are patterns in the book that have progress photos or prototype photos on my site, the only one that’s published elsewhere is the “Bulky Cropped Cardigan.”
I really did make sure that you’re getting new stuff, and that you haven’t already bought half the patterns in the book.
I’ve also received a few questions about the sizing.
Most of the patterns go up to at least 45 or 46″ bustline, and I give instructions in the front of the book for custom-sizing your garments. I realize that even a 46″ bust measurement doesn’t accommodate everyone. I do feel that there is a segment of the market that is being (almost totally, except for books like Big Girl Knits, etc.) neglected, and several of the garments are sized up into the high 40s and 50s.