Now clearly what the hat needs is some mitts to go with it. I'm a firm believer that accessories are better in sets.  For me, that's almost always going to mean a hat and some mitts to go with it. Cowls are nice and all (and I've knit quite a [...]

There's something to be said for knowing what the rules are.  Not necessarily so that you can  follow them.  More so that you can know exactly when and how you're breaking them and plan accordingly.  This is Obstreperous, and it's not terribly interested in following the rules. There are kind [...]

The swatch parade continues, but I think we're getting closer. This little bit of frippery looks like nothing so much as a baby manta ray.  Which is actually quite delightful...but not what I'm going for at the moment. I'll likely play more with that stitch in the future, but not [...]

And there we are, done, blocked, ends woven in.  All finished as though it were the project of a proper grownup with an attention span longer than that of the average goldfish. Now of course I have to take it out in the world to have its proper photo shoot [...]

I've said this before (oh so very many times), but you should block your knitting. Look how much better this hat is after I blocked it. The stitches are smoother and more even.  The decreases lay down flat.  The top is nice and round and noticably less reminiscent of a [...]

I have a bad habit.  I knit a lot of swatches (that's not the bad habit part, that's the good habit part).  And I take photos of them to share them with you (also not the bad habit part).  But then I forget to show them to you (that's the [...]

You wouldn't think one stitch would make that much difference.  But sometimes it does. This was the first try at the decreases.  I used centered double decreases, stacked up in a nice neat line.  And while it gave the general rate of decrease I wanted, the line of decreases itself [...]

Someone needs to address the whole 'my favorite hats are all fingering weight...fingering weight hats take forever to knit' problem. I suspect the solution is for me to develop more patience.  Or for me to learn to love chunky hats more.  But so far neither of those have come to [...]

Ahem. I am very glad I swapped yarns. Don't get me wrong, the other yarns were lovely. I'm happy to have them in the stash.  I will doubtless use them in future projects.  Just not together. But these? These belong together. Now the only problem is that fingering weight hats [...]

Pssst, mailing list folks, go check your email... This is what happens when you finally acknowledge that every time you knit a cable, you secretly want to take a marker to some of the strands and color them in. Now let me say up front that you shouldn't do that. [...]