Friday, October 10, 2008

Indie Designer Day

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Designer: Ellen Bartz
Blog: The Moebius Sock
Rav ID: RivendelLN
Some Great Designs: RivendelLN's Rav Designer Page

I'm a sucker for argyle. Especially argyle in creative usage. And I'm a fan of very nice people. Especially people who get creative with their pattern naming! (check her pattern notes) :)

RivendelLN's right-pictured Elva Argyle mitts are too adorable. I apologize, but the English language has as of yet to come up with a single word that incorporates "functional", "wearable", "understated-chic" and "looks-like-fun-to-knit".
I'll have to stick with adorable.
Since I've been on something of a mitts-kick, these Elvas might leap onto my needles rather soon.
And because they're designed to be knit flat (yeah - I know! Great idea!) I'll be able to give some attention to my long-neglected straight needles. I'm also rather looking forward to the stash-busting potential of this pattern.

RivendelLN's knits from other patterns are equally stunning. Her recently blogged-about Leaf Lace Scarf has reignited my long-snuffed-out desire to knit scarves, and I was über-flattered when she was the first to knit my Le Lapin Noir pattern. Thanks for being so inspiring!
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In other news: Jejune, the wonderful designer I profiled last week, has had her Maude Louise voted as one of the sweaters for the first KAL of the Obscuriosity group on Ravelry. Congratulations! Obscure no more :)

3 comments:

Poethead said...

Thanks for sharing these great patterns and designers. I'm enjoying them a lot!

Melanie said...

Gotta say, I love your blog, and all your patterns are awesome!
Thanks to you I have joined the Obscurities group on Ravelry. Keep the good stuff comin' =)

Team Knit said...

Ooh, I hadn't heard about this designer before! Can I just say again how much I love this new feature?

- Julie