They’re up!
They're back, but not for long! I bring my retired patterns back for a few days once or twice a year, and they just went live. Let's run through the details real quick, short version first if you know what you're looking for/are in a hurry, longer version below that [...]
A little birdy told me…
The retired patterns are coming back for a few days later this week! TL;DR: Retired patterns come back for a few days once or twice a year (usually in summer and after Thanksgiving). That's happening later this week, they'll be up for a few days, then they'll go away again. [...]
Treasure!
I found a treasure at the thrift shop! Looks to be about three yards of a lovely, slightly slubby, slightly tweedy fabric in what I think is either wool or a wool blend (it's in the wash now, and I'll go all mad scientist on it to see if I [...]
Petal variations
Swinging back by just to show off some of the different ways the paper flowers from Posy come out if you play with different sizes of petals (and because I mean really, they're pretty, they're fun, and I feel like someone out there absolutely meant to go get the book [...]
Short Rows
Ok short rows...short rows are how you make the egg look like an egg, rather than a weird circle. And short rows are also one of those things that can feel completely confounding when you first hear about them (I mean they did for me, and I assume I'm not [...]
Compromise
I think I found a reasonable compromise between my baser tendencies and the incessant demands of capitalism. Meaning I spent Monday dutifully moving projects closer to done (the problem is many projects have a timeline that lasts for months, so I literally can't actually finish it all the way through [...]
Lifted Increases
So these are my favorite subtle increases. Note I said subtle, not invisible, because physical objects do not work that way! But they're a little more understated than either yarn over based increases (which tend to leave holes) or knit front back/make 1 increases (which tend to give you twisted [...]
Writing Lines
Ok, question first, then story time! So the question is, do I drop what I'm supposed to be doing, what I planned to be doing (namely getting ready for the retired pattern thing and finishing up the egg pattern) and, um, knit a pencil? Or do I cosplay as a [...]
Cat Butt Cast On
Right, so, up to you what you call this one. But once I heard that particular name for it I certainly never forgot. But either will work if you're trying to search online for other ways to do it. This cast on starts with making a loop of yarn around [...]
Sunny Side
Alrighty, so bacon is coming! But our little egg friend is likely coming first for a variety of boring logistical reasons. And while yes, it is delightfully simple (almost all stockinette in the round, which I firmly hold is the absolute simplest knitting), like all simple things, the details end [...]
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