Short attention span
So I'm knitting swatches. A whole pile of swatches. And they're not even going to get turned into things (or rather, the swatch is the the thing for this one), and it's a very very very odd experience. But it is awfully close to instant gratification!
Tidy
You know me. You know I love a tidy thumb gusset. And this? This is astonishingly tidy. I mean it's not hard. It's not even fiddly. It's just...it's just splendid. I'm actually sort of in love with my whole thumb plan for these. And honestly, it looks just as good [...]
Yup, that’s what it needed
So. That was fun! I mean really rather more fun than someone who is ostensibly and adult should be having with a pompom. I probably shouldn't be this tickled but I absolutely am. And yes of course you can pop the pompom out if you're not feeling it. But I think [...]
Companion
So...there's a fair bit of yarn left over after the hat. Not just the orange, which I knew I'd have miles of. But the gray too. I feel like the hat needs a friend, don't you? I thought you might. Now as always, it's a good idea to weigh your [...]
Steam buns
So do you like your pompoms steamed? I've started doing this to my pompoms, and it makes way more of a difference than you might think. The one in the back is unsteamed, the one in the front got to spend some quality time with the nozzle attachment on my [...]
Pompom time
The gray hat with the orange stripe clearly clearly needs a pompom. It's meant for a pompom. So let's do this. This is the first go on my newly discovered goldilocks pompom maker (as always, amazon links are affiliate links). Not too big, not too small, just right, and so far [...]
Zipping along
That? Well that's just about done! And you know what that means. That means it's just about time to do the pompom party. Because I'm pretty sure I have pompoms all figured out, and I need some sort of public reassurance that I'm not the only one amused by this. [...]
Happy Mail
One of the many fringe benefits of my job is getting yarn in the mail. The latest is this lovely bit of goodness from Louet. Once it was here, I marched it over to one of my local purveyors of nifty things, Long Winter Farm (they have visiting kittens in [...]
Ephemeris (plus giveaway)
The pretty gray hat you've been asking about (yes, I know, that doesn't narrow it down much...I may have a gray hat issue) is out. It's called Ehpemeris, and you can grab it now (and get 10% off with the code STARSTRUCK). I truly cannot get enough of that stitch. [...]
Not even close
From time to time, I'll post a picture on instagram or on the blog, and someone will say some variation of 'oh my goodness, your knitting is so perfect, mine never looks like that.' And this is very very sweet...but absolutely not true. My knitting is somewhere around middling to fair. [...]
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