Yarn and pattern matching, take five! I think we have our winner. This has the scale I want, it has the stitch definition I want. It has the color vibe I want. I think we're golden. Now, that doesn't mean I'm done swatching (there's at least one more to come [...]

Yarn and pattern matching, take four! This is one of the yarns that came in over the weekend. And so far it's very promising. The ribs are much closer to the scale I want for the hat. This is absolutely the scale of yarn I'm going for. But, I have [...]

You folks know me.  You know my secret (not so secret) conviction that book patterns are better when kept firmly bundled up together in one tidy little package.  It goes hand in hand with my (also not so secret) conviction that paper books possess a magic that electronic books, despite [...]

Yarn and pattern matching, resupply break. The yarns I ordered last week came on Saturday (because both the good folks at the yarn shop and the good folks at the post office are awesome and doing heroic work to help us all be as comfy as possible while we stay [...]

Yarn and pattern matching, take three!⁠ ⁠ Now, I don't actually have much in the stash in heavier weights (most of my knits are in that dk to light worsted range). And if I stick with single ply yarns, I have even fewer choices on hand. But I did have [...]

Yarn and pattern matching, take two.⁠ ⁠ This is closer! The yarn is more substantial, so you see that nifty sort of cable effect much more clearly. And I really like how it looks in a single ply yarn (I am a sucker for single ply yarns, and they are [...]

Ok, so let's walk through the process of matching yarn to idea.⁠ ⁠ I have this idea for a pretty little not-quite-cable I want to play with. I think it would look delightful as a nice chunky rib on a hat.⁠ ⁠ The first step is figuring out, mechanically, if [...]

So yes, yes you can indeed put the hearts inside the envelopes!⁠ ⁠ Though to be fair, if you knit an Absolutely Massive Heart and a Very Very Tiny Envelope, you may run into problems of scale. But if the general question is 'is the envelope open on the inside,' [...]

So I've somehow managed to refrain from talking about it too much here, but, um, I'm fond of board games. If you know me long enough in person, there will come a moment where I try and casually inquire if you, too, happen to be fond of board games. Usually [...]

As promised, a few crimes for your consideration.  These are Entrapment (the purple one), Collusion (the blue one) and Misprision (the pink one). You can use the code CRIMINAL to take 10% off any of the patterns, or buy all three together and get one free. I have a traitorous [...]