Darn
So The Boy knocked on my office door, brow furrowed, injured socks in hand. Now these socks are old...like nearly ten years old. And they've already been mended once. But they are still in surprisingly good shape, and I'd much rather darn them than knit a whole new pair. So I [...]
And now for the fun bits
I mean...I did swatch this out before hand to be safe...I suspected it would work out just fine. But there's something about seeing it in its proper form that's just more satisfying. Because really...this is so much more fun than it has any right to be. Like I should be ashamed [...]
Incise
Incise is out on ravelry (and you'll find info about the introductory discounts on the ravelry page). You know that thing where you just sort of don't know when to stop? Yeah, that's very much my thing! I may possibly have invented that thing. This all started when I got [...]
Needles…so many needles
So, people ask, so let's talk a bit about long dpns. I haven't yet found a perfect source for them (translation, I buy them where I can and hoard them like a greedy dragon). My very favorite ones are some bamboo needles I found at Daiso in San Francisco about [...]
Downright stoic
I'm going to display unusual stoicism. I'm going to zip through this brim with shocking speed and good cheer. Some of it is that the yarn is nice and thick (SpaceCadet, Capella, it's yummy). Some of it is that I'm not doing a folded brim. And some of it is [...]
Prep
So...before I can jump in on the next hat, I need to do a tiny bit of prep. We're just all going to go along with the idea that this is a totally normal and reasonable step, and absolutely the sort of thing a sane person does. Ok? Ok. And [...]
Home stretch
Ok, so we're going to run out of days before we run out of hats... I mean don't worry, the hats are all done and ready to go. But I try not to post on here every day (because really...you'll get quite sick of me), so we're going speed this [...]
More Reading Assignments
Remember when we talked about how the world at large is pretty damn racist and that carries right on over to the knitting community...no matter how much you wish it didn't? Yeah, well it's an ongoing conversation and I've got some more stuff I think you should read (and for [...]
Two down…
Two down, one to go! As predicted, the top is indeed smashing. Now if you'd just kindly come over and knock out the third one for me... [pextestim pex_attr_set="looking-for-this-pattern" pex_attr_autoplay="false"][/pextestim]
Why aren’t all the hats worsted…
Yeah, so the only reason it's feeling even slightly feasible to bang three of these out is because they're worsted. It's sort of making me think that if I ever do break down and do a sweater (not likely) that it will absolutely have to be worsted weight (nope...still too [...]
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