There we go, that should give you a pretty good idea of just how delightfully textured this stitch is. Now, normally this is where I'd tell you it's coming out in a little while. But in this case, it's not. It will come out at some point, but I'm actually [...]

There's always a slightly awkward part of these projects where I know it's going to be lovely (because I knit the swatch and because I can pet the fabric and feel how smushy and cozy it is and because I can tug on it to approximate what it will look [...]

There we go, that's the fun bit. I mean, I'm not suggesting it says anything particularly flattering about my character that I find this as amusing as I do. But since it seems to be true whether it's flattering or not, I might as well enjoy it. Because really, just [...]

Look, perhaps you're cooler than me (I mean you're probably cooler than me, that's setting a really low bar). Perhaps you can knit mile after mile after mile of twisted ribbing and not lose your will to live.  Perhaps you can tell yourself that the undeniable charms of that fabric [...]

Ok, with our swatching all taken care of (remember this one was four 'do I like the stitch in this yarn' swatches and two 'do I like the fabric at this gauge' swatches, so nothing too daunting), it's time to cast on. I settled on Hypothesis Yarns' Tweed DK in [...]

Ok, so this is neat...look at the difference blocking makes.⁠ The first picture is the blocked swatch, the second one is the exact same swatch fresh off the needles before blocking.⁠ Look how much more clearly defined the stitch pattern is after blocking. Look at the lovely scalloped edge on [...]

So here are all the ones I tried for this project. And you can see they sort of slowly narrowed in on what I wanted. I though first maybe something super bulky because that was lots of fun a few weeks ago with Semblance. But then the stitch pattern I've [...]

Alrighty, here we go! This is both the color and the fabric and the scale I was going for. Let me get it wound up and we can get started!⁠ And by 'get started,' I mean I can knit yet another swatch that's actually big enough to give me the [...]

I think...I think I'm going to start showing you more of my swatches. I hear from a lot of folks saying some version of 'your yarn always looks so pretty with the stitches you use.' (Which, thank you!) But it sometimes sounds like folks think I have some sort of [...]

Swatch take two! Same stitch as the one the other day, just a different yarn (I'm quite set on the stitch I want to use, I'm just looking for yarn that will give me the fabric/sizing options I want). This one is Berroco's Mochi in Plum, and it's a beautiful [...]