Kaleido by Silkie B.

Knitting Designs By Silka Burgoyne

Information About my Purse Patterns November 6, 2009

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For those of you that are interested in my purse patterns. All of them are available through Ravelry.com:

http://www.ravelry.com/designers/silka-burgoyne

If you are already a member of Ravelry.com you can search my designs by going to the above link or search my name under designers. Once you are there, you can also see my other published designs. You can also search me under my username ‘Kaleido’.

All my purse patterns are $4.00 each. If you are interested in all 4 of my patterns currently available (I am on the process of adding more), I will bundle them and sell it for $12.00 or 3 patterns for $10.00. All you would need to do is to email me at silkiebee@gmail.com to acquire more information and I will send you payment information.

I am constantly trying to improve my design so any comments, good or bad, are welcome.

Silkie B.

 

Lace and Twist Cable Gloves and Socks November 4, 2009

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After a long wait, my lace and twist cable gloves and socks patterns are available in the Interweave Holiday issue which is available in the newstand near you. I am very happy with the pictures of the projects. I have attached the pictures in this post.

Following are the pictures of the gloves:

And the following is the pictures for the socks:

Both of the projects are worked using sock yarn in size 1 needle and they were worked using magic loop method. Want to know more about magic loop, please refer to my earlier posting.

As always, I welcome any comments and if you have any questions about the patterns. Please feel free to contact me! Also, please do drop by Ravelry to check out my other designs!
Silka B.
Kaleido by Silkie B
 

Scooped Lace Vest

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I am so excited to see my scooped Lace Vest is now available in Jan Issue of Creative knitting which in the newstand now. As always, they did such a good job on the picture and make the vest look great!

The magazine version:
My original version:

The version in the magazine is a longer version and my original design was a shorter version; hence, the pattern also provide a belt option. With the latest fashion trend… a belt is a must have for this winter. As always, if anyone has any issue with the pattern, just simple drop me a line..

Not sure why the magazine drop off my last name.. hmmmmm…
As always, you can look for my design in Ravelry.com – just search Silka Burgoyne as designer!

Silka Tong Burgoyne

Kaleido by Silkie B.

 

Here come the Lacy Baby Cardigan September 15, 2009

Filed under: Kaleido By Silkie B. Design — silkaburgoyne @ 3:28 pm

So the Lacy Baby Cardigan is finally out in September issue of Creative Knitting. Very excited about that… so those of you who would like to check it out, here is the link…

Now just need to wait for my other design….
so what’s going on with me… yes, I am working on my daughter’s cardigan.. and getting a little stress a couple days ago because I miscalcuated the amount of yarn that I would need and the yarn that I used is being discountinuing by the company… so thank god for googles, I was managed to find the same yarn but mostly would not be same dye lot.. but it should work out find.. now I can’t wait to get the yarn and finish the cardi since the weather is getting a little bit chilly in the morning…
stay tune for the pic!
 

Baby Lace Cardigan May 15, 2009

Filed under: Kaleido By Silkie B. Design — silkaburgoyne @ 8:33 pm

Finally got around to get some picture taken for my projects and introduce my cute little daughter. This Lace baby cardigan was designed when I realized that I was expecting a girl last year… in a way, I was so excited that I am having a girl because I can make so many cute things for little girl. the following and above few pictures are the baby lace cardigan that I designed and I am happy to announce that the pattern will be available in the November Issue of Creative Knitting (out in sept) for those of you who might be interested in the design. The pattern is available from size 6 month – 2 yrs.
Following is the pictures of the baby cardigan and let me introduced my very own Channah as the model for the cardigan.

 

Positano Tote – Another published design! December 30, 2008

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Another publish pattern… Positano Tote was published in the winter issue of Interweave Magazine.. For anyone who is interested… Here is the link:

The excitement of seeing your own design in the nationwide magazine is undescribeable. Bring tears in my eyes when I actually saw the design in the magazine. My family members was so excited that they let everyone they know about it.

I have not been very creative lately because of the new baby. Channah Fei was born on Nov. 5 and she is absolutely a perfect baby. She cries, she eats and she sleeps… pretty much like that everyday.. just like a clock. I must say that I am blessed for having such an easy going baby. Ciao for now and watch for more posting soon!
 

Purse Purse Purse September 27, 2007

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It’s been a while since my last post. But I have been busy. Busy to design, knit and felt purses. I am also busy to actually sit down and write all my design patterns. I thought it’s easy to write a pattern but I was totally wrong once I started to write a pattern. Writing pattern is hard! Not only do I have to follow the standard for pattern writing, but also need to remember what I did when I was knitting the purse. I have a really bad habit of altering my design as I knit and not recording my changes in my design notebook right away. So I did take me forever to sort everything out and record everything.

But I finally did manage to get all my patterns written down and have the owner in a local yarn store to proof read them to make sure I got the format and wording correctly for a knitting pattern. And yes, I am excited to have a couple of local yarn stores to carry my design patterns. I felt like my design dream is getting somewhere. It’s a good feeling.

I have attached a few of my designs for anyone who might be interested. I design inspiration come from all sources. I named the purse after the person who inspires me during my design purse.

1. Jenny Purse

2. Karen Purse

3. Liz Tote
4. Kimimae Purse