Rachel "Ivy" Clarke

CUT ONS
by Rachel “Ivy” Clarke

Difficulty: Advanced Beginner. A quick and easy summer knit. Skills required: Knit, purl, working in the round, and blanket stitch.

Pattern inspiration:

Abbreviations used in our knitting patterns

as foll
as follows

beg
begin or beginning

BO
bind off

CC
contrasting color, used when more than one color is used in a pattern

cn
cable needle

CO
cast on

dec (dec'd)
decrease (decreased)

inc
increase

k
knit

k2tog
knit two together

k3tog
knit three together

Hand-knitting pattern for lace raglan sweater "Ruth's Tee" selected for publication in Interweave Knits magazine, Summer 2010 issue.

Hand-knitting pattern for tunic dress "Queensway Bay" selected for inclusion inKnitting in the Sun, Wiley, May 2009.

Fashioning Community is an art installation highlighting the history and evolution of Burning Man fashion/costume/style, especially as it relates to and reflects community. Inspired by the idea of "costume as art" and traditional costume museum exhibits, the installation consists of a dense "forest" of figures, each dressed in an example of a certain aspect of "Burning Man style."

August 28-September 4, 2006
Esplanade and 7:30

Art installation and documentation (including website) by Ivy.

Costume illustration for a ballet/tribal belly dance fusion costume, 2006.

Illustration for custom bridesmaid dress for Burning Man wedding, 2005.

In The Loop, a fully-fashioned hand knitting purse pattern, first appeared in the Fall/Winter 2008-09 issue of the online publication MetaPostModernKnitting.

IN THE LOOP

by Rachel “Ivy” Clarke

Love Nugget, a fully-fashioned hand knitting beanie pattern, appeared in the Fall/Winter 2008-09 issue of the online publication MetaPostModernKnitting.

LOVE NUGGET

by Rachel “Ivy” Clarke

Difficulty: Intermediate

MetaPostModernLegwarmers, a fully-fashioned hand knitting pattern, first appeared in the Spring/Summer 2008 issue of the online publication MetaPostModernKnitting.

METAPOSTMODERN LEGWARMERS

by Rachel “Ivy” Clarke