16 February 2016
15 February 2016
Color blocking with Kathleen Dames (and Victoria Beckham)
Yesterday's Victoria Beckham show for NYFW included a little something that looks awfully familiar...
Color-blocked cuffs, matching collar, navy body, orange contrast. Does that look like anything you might already know?
Oh, hello, Bloc Pulli. You're looking as sharp as when I designed and knit you during Hurricane Sandy. You've got fun-to-knit long cuffs shaped with short rows, a sideways-knit collar that's stretchy and adds a pop of color up top, and in the entire garment you only have to purl three half-rows, so you're just one big, fabulous knit-knit-knit. (Personally, I wouldn't want to knit a sweater entirely in ribbing these days, but that may just be me.)
Guess color blocking is still a fashionable thing. Do you think my Bloc Party cardigan will show up in a collection next Spring?
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Last summer I experienced another facet of the Intellectual Property dodecahedron when someone was selling a copy of my pattern for An Aran for Frederick on Etsy. That was a pretty clear case, and Etsy responded almost immediately by taking the pattern down.
In this instance Ms. Beckham's Look 9 would be deemed nothing more than a coincidence, since, unlike Mati Ventrillon's experience with the house of Chanel, VB's design team have not visited my atelier (i.e. my desk in the corner of the dining room/book and yarn stash storage next to the washer-dryer/filming studio in our bedroom) ... ever.
So, what should I do? Not much, actually, except enjoy the fact that a design similar to mine stomped the catwalk at NYFW yesterday. I do think my design is more fun to knit, though ;)
Thanks for stopping by, and happy knitting!
xoxo,
P.S. Guess my next pattern in the upgrade queue should be Bloc Pulli, eh?
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| Victoria Beckham: Fall 2016, Look 9 |
Color-blocked cuffs, matching collar, navy body, orange contrast. Does that look like anything you might already know?
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| Kathleen Dames: June 2013, Bloc Pulli |
Oh, hello, Bloc Pulli. You're looking as sharp as when I designed and knit you during Hurricane Sandy. You've got fun-to-knit long cuffs shaped with short rows, a sideways-knit collar that's stretchy and adds a pop of color up top, and in the entire garment you only have to purl three half-rows, so you're just one big, fabulous knit-knit-knit. (Personally, I wouldn't want to knit a sweater entirely in ribbing these days, but that may just be me.)
Guess color blocking is still a fashionable thing. Do you think my Bloc Party cardigan will show up in a collection next Spring?
-----
Last summer I experienced another facet of the Intellectual Property dodecahedron when someone was selling a copy of my pattern for An Aran for Frederick on Etsy. That was a pretty clear case, and Etsy responded almost immediately by taking the pattern down.
In this instance Ms. Beckham's Look 9 would be deemed nothing more than a coincidence, since, unlike Mati Ventrillon's experience with the house of Chanel, VB's design team have not visited my atelier (i.e. my desk in the corner of the dining room/book and yarn stash storage next to the washer-dryer/filming studio in our bedroom) ... ever.
So, what should I do? Not much, actually, except enjoy the fact that a design similar to mine stomped the catwalk at NYFW yesterday. I do think my design is more fun to knit, though ;)
Thanks for stopping by, and happy knitting!
xoxo,
P.S. Guess my next pattern in the upgrade queue should be Bloc Pulli, eh?
12 February 2016
s01 ep06 : the body (again) | the sweater with kathleen dames {iTunes}
Show Notes
Questions about Episode Six? Visit the Ravelry thread to see if your question has already been answered: http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/kathleen-dames-design/3373497/
Going on a #buttonhunt? Some of my favorite resources include:
- Some of my favorite buttons on Etsy
- Etsy button search
- M&J Trimming
- Mood Fabrics
- Your LYS (or favorite online yarn store)
Happy knitting!
xoxo, Kathleen
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Kathleen’s yarn is Camelot in the Orkney colorway from Round Table Yarns
Buttons from Remembrances Pottery on Etsy
Tech editing by Corrina Ferguson/Picnic Knits
Tara Swiger helps small, creative business owners (like me!)
Visit kathleendames.com/thesweater to sign up for the newsletter and get your free Solstice Cardi pattern*
*Free pattern available until 25 March 2016. After that date Solstice Cardi will be available for purchase from my Ravelry shop
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periscope
ravelry
music: Cafe Parisien with accordion iStock.com/frobisher
Kathleen is wearing Benwick. Pattern available at http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/benwick
Lady Jane is wearing the original sample for Solstice Cardi in Julie Asselin's Stella yarn in the Diamant colorway
s01 ep6 : the body (again) | the sweater with kathleen dames
Questions about Episode Six? Visit the Ravelry thread to see if your question has already been answered: http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/kathleen-dames-design/3373497/
Going on a #buttonhunt? Some of my favorite resources include:
-Some of my favorite buttons on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/people/kathleendames/favorites/buttons
-Etsy button search https://www.etsy.com/c/craft-supplies-and-tools/sewing-and-needlecraft-supplies/buttons-and-fasteners/buttons
-M&J Trimming http://www.mjtrim.com/
-Mood Fabrics http://www.moodfabrics.com/buttons.html
-Your LYS (or favorite online yarn store) https://www.jimmybeanswool.com/secure-html/onlineec/advancedProductSearch.asp?pcID=24
Share your project on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter with hashtags #kdsweater and #solsticecardi.
Happy knitting!
xoxo, Kathleen
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Kathleen’s yarn is Camelot in the Orkney colorway from Round Table Yarns http://www.roundtableyarns.com
Buttons from Remembrances Pottery on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/shop/RemembrancesPottery
Tech editing by Corrina Ferguson/Picnic Knits http://picnicknits.com/
Tara Swiger helps small, creative business owners (like me!) https://taraswiger.com/
Visit http://www.kathleendames.com/thesweater to sign up for the newsletter and get your free Solstice Cardi pattern*
*Free pattern available until 25 March 2016. After that date Solstice Cardi will be available for purchase from my Ravelry shop: http://www.ravelry.com/stores/kathleen-dames-design
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periscope: https://www.periscope.tv/kathleendames
instagram: https://instagram.com/kathleendames/
twitter: https://twitter.com/kathleendames
ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/designers/kathleen-dames
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KathleenDamesDesign
music: Cafe Parisien with accordion iStock.com/frobisher
Kathleen is wearing Benwick. Pattern available at http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/benwick
Lady Jane is wearing the original sample for Solstice Cardi in Julie Asselin's Stella yarn in the Diamant colorway http://www.julie-asselin.com/en/yarns/
11 February 2016
Episode 6 | The Body (again) {YouTube}
Show Notes
Questions about Episode Six? Visit the Ravelry thread to see if your question has already been answered: http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/kathleen-dames-design/3373497/
Going on a #buttonhunt? Some of my favorite resources include:
- Some of my favorite buttons on Etsy
- Etsy button search
- M&J Trimming
- Mood Fabrics
- Your LYS (or favorite online yarn store)
Happy knitting!
xoxo,
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Kathleen’s yarn is Camelot in the Orkney colorway from Round Table Yarns
Buttons from Remembrances Pottery on Etsy
Tech editing by Corrina Ferguson/Picnic Knits
Tara Swiger helps small, creative business owners (like me!)
Visit kathleendames.com/thesweater to sign up for the newsletter and get your free Solstice Cardi pattern*
*Free pattern available until 25 March 2016. After that date Solstice Cardi will be available for purchase from my Ravelry shop
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periscope
ravelry
music: Cafe Parisien with accordion iStock.com/frobisher
Kathleen is wearing Benwick. Pattern available at http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/benwick
Lady Jane is wearing the original sample for Solstice Cardi in Julie Asselin's Stella yarn in the Diamant colorway
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