Caprice
Caprice is up! I know these have been a while in coming. I finished them way back in December (and have been happily wearing them in the months in between). I thought that, since there was snow in the pictures, I'd better hurry up and release them before all the snow in my yard finally melted. These started as an experiment to see what would happen if I switched stitch motifs whenever I got the least bit tired of the last one. I think it worked quite well, and definitely kept the knitting from getting boring. You'd think I'd be [...]
And Yet More Testing
Lest you be worried I've abandoned socks (perish the thought), allow me to set your mind at ease. I've got the newest sock, greenhorn, up for testing. Click the picture for a much bigger version. As usual, the place to volunteer is on Ravelry. I need several testers for these, as they come in two sizes and the left and right socks are mirror images of each other. If you've got time to knit one sock over the next two(ish) weeks and want to get first crack at these (you know...while the pattern still has mistakes and lacks pretty pictures [...]
Testing
If you're itching to make them, the pink frilly confections I posted about the other day are up for testing. The thread with instructions is on Ravelry. If you'd like to volunteer, head on over. I'm picking testers Thursday morning.
Adumbrate
The pattern for adumbrate is up. These are free and are meant as a sort of thank you present to mark the one year anniversary of this website and of my adventures in designing. This has become a much bigger part of my life than I ever thought it would, and I've found it tremendously rewarding. I can't tell you what it means to me that you take time out of your day to knit my patterns, say hi, or even just drop by to read my rambles. Your encouragement means the world to me. Thank you.
Olympic Glory?
So I sort of did it, but only sort of. The official goal was 'don't cast on any new projects.' The unofficial goal (which seemed to follow rather naturally from the official goal) was 'get lots of stuff done.' I totally met the first goal. Despite severe temptation (we went to a fiber festival right at the beginning of the Olympics--this was not a plan designed to foster restraint), I didn't cast on anything new. Alas, I also didn't get quite as much done as I had hoped. I did make some progress. I finished a pair of secret socks, [...]
Shameless
Shamelessly pink, shamelessly lacy, shamelessly frilly. There is really nothing somber or serious or even respectable here. These mitts are nothing more than a confection. They are the knitting equivalent of marshmallows. They were cast on the minute the Olympics finished and completed in a few hours. I'll turn my attention to more worthy things some time soon, but these were just the thing to make up for the uncharacteristic fidelity demonstrated during the Olympics.
Coming Attractions
I enlisted the help of The Boy and waded out into the snow (really waded, it's well past our knees in many spots). Turns out it's surprisingly hard to find a pose that both shows off the knitting and keeps me from looking like some sort of sausage-fingered mutant. We eventually met with success, but we were cold and wet long before we got there. I'll show you a shot of just the mitts now, but rest assured there are pics with actual hands in them coming shortly. The pattern will go up next week, and I'll be back with [...]
Brrrrr
Turns out that bit about 'when the snow lets up' was overly optimistic. As far as I can tell the snow is never letting up. It will continue forever. Sled dogs and igloos are starting to sound eminently practical. I had grand plans for taking pictures of the blue mitts (adumbrate...I'm thinking they will be called adumbrate). Alas, taking pictures of your own hands involves a substantial amount of fiddling around with the tripod, swearing, knocking the camera over, swearing, sitting still while the timer runs down, swearing, and just generally having a bad go of it. I can barely [...]
Improvise
I used to think sock blockers were totally unnecessary, not much more than props really, something to make it look like you know what you're doing. They don't make your socks any warmer or softer or sturdier. Some people swear they help socks dry a bit faster. However, I try to wash at least a dozen pairs at once, and I'm not likely to buy a dozen pairs of blockers, so they're not much help in that regard either. It wasn't until I started taking pictures of socks that I realized what they're for. They're for persuading your stitches to [...]
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