Indomitable (plus giveaway)
So let's talk socks. Do you realize how long it's been since I knit a new pair of socks? I took a look and it was summer...summer of 2016. That's just not cool. I needed some really awesome socks to break that streak, and Indomitable seem to have been just the thing! They're out on ravelry now (and you can get 10% off with the code UNSTOPPABLE). These were more fun than they had any right to be. That stitch at the top is sort of magic. It's fun to do, looks great with lots of yarn, super warm and [...]
Swatches…So. Many. Swatches
So I know I've talked about how swatching is a thing...but I'm not sure if you really believe me. I'm not kidding when I say that I sometimes spend as long swatching for a project as knitting it (especially for little things like hats). I mentioned last time that I stared with some swatches to see how I liked the needles and the yarn together. But that was just the beginning. I doodled around with the blue yarn for a while, but didn't like how things were shaping up, so I set it aside (and I did that at night [...]
Pairing
Have I mentioned recently that I believe in swatching? Swatching teaches you all sorts of things. It tells you what size your finished thing will be. But it also tells you if that yarn and that stitch want to play well together. And sometimes...sometimes it tells you that your yarn and needle combo is not meant to be. You'll recall I was all excited to go back to knitting a hat on DPNs (after having grudgingly knit the last one on circs). I had my awesome new Indian Lake Artisan needles all lined up and ready to go. And I [...]
Stuffed
We're having a KAL for Palpitation, and I'd be delighted if you joined us! I find I want to knit a few more of these, but it feels like some sort of breach of etiquette to knit in my own KAL. So I'm going to pretend that what I'm doing is using a few more hearts as a way to talk about some finer points of making these. But we all know what I'm really doing is indulging myself and making a few more. But don't tell anyone, ok? [pexcirclecta pex_attr_small_title="knitalong" pex_attr_title="PALPITATION" pex_attr_button_text="Join Us!" pex_attr_button_link="https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/pantsville-press/topics/3737683" pex_attr_button_link_open="new" pex_attr_button_color=""][/pexcirclecta] So once you've [...]
Not purple…still a hat
So it's been sort of all purple all the time around here. The hearts and the hat and before that the slipper were all rocking the purple. So I think it's time we bring on some blue. I mean not too much (we all know blue is not my favorite shade)...and not for too long (because that second slipper needs to happen and it's firmly back in the purple camp). But a little break from the purple could be good. That's Manos's Silk Blend in (I think) Ice Melt. And it's getting knit up with my shiny new Indian Lake [...]
Just this once…
We're having a KAL for Palpitation, and I'd be delighted if you joined us! I find I want to knit a few more of these, but it feels like some sort of breach of etiquette to knit in my own KAL. So I'm going to pretend that what I'm doing is using a few more hearts as a way to talk about some finer points of making these. But we all know what I'm really doing is indulging myself and making a few more. But don't tell anyone, ok? [pexcirclecta pex_attr_small_title="knitalong" pex_attr_title="PALPITATION" pex_attr_button_text="Join Us!" pex_attr_button_link="https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/pantsville-press/topics/3737683" pex_attr_button_link_open="new" pex_attr_button_color=""][/pexcirclecta] One of the [...]
Gizmos
So I've talked before about how I really do think you should be blocking your hats. And I definitely practice what I preach. You've never seen a hat in a pattern photo that wasn't blocked (and blocked firmly at that). But something we haven't talked much about is brims. I like folded up brims, and I often like fairly deep ones (this one is approaching the upper limit of brim depth acceptability, but I like it, so I'm going with it). Now if you use twisted stitches on your brim, your fabric is likely to bias a bit. And really, [...]
Got 90 seconds?
We're having a KAL for Palpitation, and I'd be delighted if you joined us! I find I want to knit a few more of these, but it feels like some sort of breach of etiquette to knit in my own KAL. So I'm going to pretend that what I'm doing is using a few more hearts as a way to talk about some finer points of making these. But we all know what I'm really doing is indulging myself and making a few more. But don't tell anyone, ok? [pexcirclecta pex_attr_small_title="knitalong" pex_attr_title="PALPITATION" pex_attr_button_text="Join Us!" pex_attr_button_link="https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/pantsville-press/topics/3737683" pex_attr_button_link_open="new" pex_attr_button_color=""][/pexcirclecta] So let's talk [...]
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