Sidereal (plus giveaway)
The hat? The lovely, loopy, purple hat that lots of you have been asking about since December? Well it's out and you can grab it now! I really did have a good time with this one. At heart, it's just a standard ribbed hat with a deep folded brim. Because [...]
Good Ideas
So sometimes I get an idea. The sort of idea that demands to be swatched with the closest available yarn, even if that yarn is deeply unsuitable for the actual project. Now, those are both lovely yarns. But they are not the yarns I want to do this project in. [...]
Tiny bubbles
So I totally haven't decided if these look like bubbles or seed pods or bug wings or leaves or something else entirely. But I have decided they look awesome. And that they make me unreasonably happy. They even look nifty on the backside! [pextestim pex_attr_set="looking-for-this-pattern" pex_attr_autoplay="false"][/pextestim]
Heads up
This lovely little bit of business is coming one week from today. I used a skein of Hedgehog Fibres' Skinny Singles in Ghost (it took me a little less than 300 yards), just in case you want to do a quick stash dive or a bit of yarn procurement before [...]
Yarn fairy
From time to time I get an idea, I chat with someone about that idea, and then yarn comes in the mail. Pretty pretty yarn. Yarn that will come together into what I hope will be rather magical. If the speckly bit looks familiar, that's because it's from Ontheround and [...]
Worth it
So the brim is a slog. It always is. Every time. And I'm totally upfront about how the last five inches of the five and a half inch brim are not my most fun bit of knitting ever. But...if you put in your time and you put in your stitches [...]
Well stocked
Today's Yarn Love Challenge prompt was multiples. And it seemed like a fine reason to dig out some of my DPNs and show them off. These are just my long ones (like 12 inches and up), and they're grouped by size, 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s, 7s, 8s, and 9s. [...]
Tiny giants
We're having a KAL for Palpitation, and I'd be delighted if you joined us! I find I want to knit a few more of these, but it feels like some sort of breach of etiquette to knit in my own KAL. So I'm going to pretend that what I'm doing [...]
Persevere
I know in my secret heart that I am happiest with a nice deep brim. I know, I really really KNOW that this means a minimum of five inches of ribbing (which when you fold it in half and stretch it onto your head turns into more like two and [...]
Yarn Love Challenge
Are you guys following the #yarnlovechallenge festivities over on instagram? If not, you totally should be! I love following it (even if I only occasionally manage to post to it). But it seems I do write an awful lot on instagram these days (often more than on the blog), so [...]
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