Yarn Over Knitting Print Finally on Etsy

A while back I decided to make a series of prints based on knitting. After my trial print didn't work out so well it took might quite a while to recarve it on another type of linoleum. Well, this new print is finally done and on Etsy!

I have three more knitting stitches that I'd like to make prints from and I'm going to use the same ivory paper with probably orange, a deep blue, and maybe a brown or brick red as the color for each print. I am a bit behind on my goal of one print a month so I'll have to double up this month!

New Linocut Print Theme -- Knitting

I've decided to base my next series of prints on knitting -- my first trial print is one illustrating the yarn over stitch. I think I might do a series just on different stitches, but I'm not sure yet. This was carved on some old unmounted linoleum I got from Dick Blick some time ago. I really like how it carves but not so much how it prints -- the texture is too rough for me, plus I have to mount it if I want to print it on my Vandercook. My husband suggested trying to use sandpaper to make the texture better so I might try that next. I unfortunately bought this linoluem in bulk so I'd like to figure out a way to use it and be happy with it!