Ahem.⁠ What did I say?⁠ Did I not say this was lovely once it was blocked?⁠ I'm pretty darn sure I did.⁠ ⁠Rundown for anyone playing along at home...⁠ It's a new knit of my Lucent pattern (which as been unavailable for years and years but totally deserved to come back out). ⁠ It should be out very shortly (again, and as always, assuming nothing absolutely unspeakable happens to me or mine to delay things...the world feels scary these days and I get nervous saying 'it's out Tuesday' even if the plan is for it to be out Tuesday).⁠ If [...]

Clickity clickity clickity click.⁠ I really really really want to show this to you all blocked. It's got a whole butterfly wing coming out of its cocoon and plumping up thing that happens when it gets blocked. But first, the top. Which was totally worth fixing! Ripping the stuff you don't love is totally good for you. Builds character or something. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. ⁠ But either way, this is So Much Better.⁠ Sit tight, because I'm going to show you the blocked version of the fancy part tomorrow. You know you want it!

Sigh. No. Bad. Wrong. Do not like.⁠ I mean I *thought* I would like it. I tried to like it. There are circumstances in which I could be convinced to like it. But no.⁠ Not this time. Not with this hat.⁠ So now, we rip. ⁠And swear. And rip.⁠ And swear.⁠ Luckily we can multitask!

Yeah yeah, unblocked, but it shoooooooould be enough to give you the sense of the thing!⁠ Just enough crumple/structure/shaping to be delightfully dramatic, not so much that you worry people will think you're wearing a tea cozy on your head.⁠ And, for anyone wondering at home, it's a reknit of the Lucent pattern (which has been away for far far too long and deserved to come back). Should be out shortly (sort of depends on how I feel the rest of this week...I just had my first jab and am busily building antibodies as you read this, and I've officially [...]

Ahem. Are you ready for the fun part? Because we're about to pause and do the fun part. And by the fun part I mean the bit with the crochet hook and the nerves of steel. ⁠ ⁠Feel free to make yourself a calming beverage of your choice and have your smelling salts to hand. Oh yeah baby...runs in your knitting On Purpose. ⁠Please remain calm, all will be well.⁠ I super duper pinky swear I have not misplaced my marbles. This will be unspeakably fetching in the end.⁠ It just looks a wee bit alarming for a minute here [...]

This is another one of those super super early patterns that has been gone for ages and ages and ages but that I just couldn't let languish in durance vile for even a moment longer. It deserves to be back out there. You want it on your head.⁠ Or at least you will, once I get my act together and get it knit.⁠ Duper duper secret bonus points to whoever guesses which one it is first!

Step one, drag all the even vaguely suitable yarns out of the closet. Step two, which is alas shamefully unpictured, is swatch a bunch of little plain rectangles to see what gauge we're working with, so you can imagine a bunch of little rectangles here if you want. Step three is to pick one, do a bit of math and cast on. Then alas, in this case, step four was to realize it wasn't the best fit and rip.  Under ideal conditions, this step should be skipped. Step five is try again, and this time...this time I think we've got [...]

So I have a confession to make.  I love slouchy hats, but I am not at all confident in my ability to put the damn things on without the help of a three way mirror and about four minutes of fussing with it.  Which is not precisely practical when you're yanking a hat out of your coat pocket and shoving it on your head half a dozen times a day. So I decided to see if I couldn't just find a way to sort out the slouch once and then lock it in and be done with it.  And it [...]

No, really, I was very much not kidding about the parade of swatches. There are So Very Many. I'm going to take pictures of them and then just randomly inflict them on you when the mood strikes.⁠ This, by the way, is an actual delight, but so wildly impractical that I would not inflict it on anyone else. I'm pretty sure if I tried to talk people into a project that needed three yarns, people would revolt.⁠ But...but I shall be borrowing bits of it and working them into something else. Which is yet another reason I staunchly maintain swatches [...]