You know me by now.  You know I have an unspeakable fondness for sets. So you knew there were going to be mitts to go with the hat.  They're called Portend, they're out now on ravelry and payhip, and if you're fast, you can take 10% off in either place [...]

So I cheat. If I have something like this, that is mostly purls and a few knits, I knit the thing inside out (so I'm knitting more than I'm purling). Then, when I get to the part with less purling and more knitting, I flip it back right side out [...]

I mean, you knew it was going to happen. I am apparently unable to actually knit actual useful stuff for too long before I get distracted and have to knit tiny absurd things. And I would apologize for that, but I'm not actually sorry. And from what I can tell, [...]

Here's the point where I might be tempted to write a whole lecture on how casting on over two needles is fine so long as you know what it's doing and do it intentionally. But luckily, I've already written that, so I can just point you at it.  Because it [...]

Have I mentioned lately that you should swatch? I mean I feel like I probably have. But just in case you're new, swatch.⁠ ⁠ Because it's much better to find out that the lovely yarn and the lovely stitch pattern do not play nicely together after 3 inches of a [...]

Alrighty, I told you mitts were quick. And brioche is quick. So brioche mitts are doubly quick. Which really, given that I have the attention span of a concussed squirrel at the moment, is not a bad thing at all.

Sometimes I want to do something fancy and fiddly and maybe even hard. But this is not that time. Right now, I want things to be very very mellow (but, you know, still lovely, because lovely helps).  And somehow, Presage strikes that perfect balance between astonishingly mellow and absolutely delightful. [...]

Brioche increases are satisfying. Thumb gussets are satisfying. Brioche thumb gussets are a thing of wonder and delight and just the motivation a person needs to cast on the second half of the pair. P.S. The hat comes out tomorrow, make sure you're on the mailing list if you want [...]

The piece on top is the mitt, not yet blocked. The piece on the bottom is the hat, already blocked.⁠ ⁠See how they're different colors even though they're knit from the exact same skeins of yarn? That's because a little of the dye came off the turquoise yarn and landed [...]

What do you think, is it reversible? This is the inside.  Previous post shows the outside.  I suspect it's suspiciously close to reversible (most brioche is)!