And after the swatches comes the cast on
All those swatches? All those many many many swatches? Well now that they've led to a stitch I'm happy with, now it's time to start the project. I'm going to have to do a post about how I cast on at some point...there are a lot of fuzzy ideas about [...]
Indomitable (plus giveaway)
So let's talk socks. Do you realize how long it's been since I knit a new pair of socks? I took a look and it was summer...summer of 2016. That's just not cool. I needed some really awesome socks to break that streak, and Indomitable seem to have been just [...]
Swatches…So. Many. Swatches
So I know I've talked about how swatching is a thing...but I'm not sure if you really believe me. I'm not kidding when I say that I sometimes spend as long swatching for a project as knitting it (especially for little things like hats). I mentioned last time that I [...]
Pairing
Have I mentioned recently that I believe in swatching? Swatching teaches you all sorts of things. It tells you what size your finished thing will be. But it also tells you if that yarn and that stitch want to play well together. And sometimes...sometimes it tells you that your yarn [...]
Stuffed
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 [...]
Not purple…still a hat
So it's been sort of all purple all the time around here. The hearts and the hat and before that the slipper were all rocking the purple. So I think it's time we bring on some blue. I mean not too much (we all know blue is not my favorite [...]
Just this once…
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 [...]
Gizmos
So I've talked before about how I really do think you should be blocking your hats. And I definitely practice what I preach. You've never seen a hat in a pattern photo that wasn't blocked (and blocked firmly at that). But something we haven't talked much about is brims. I [...]
Got 90 seconds?
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 [...]
Proof
There. I can now say, with certainty, that I am perfectly able to knit a hat on circular needles. Turns out I can also say, with equal certainty, that it is not my preferred method of knitting a hat. I figured out that I just really really REALLY dislike sliding [...]
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