Wovember…yes more
More wovember goodness...I'm having more fun with this than is really reasonable. Because outside it's cold. And it's overcast. And the sun goes down way way way too early. And some days it's downright gloomy. But the wool is warm. And having a whole bunch of it on hand seems [...]
Indie Gift-a-Long
It's that time again! Some clever (and oh so very organized) folks are running the Indie Gift-a-Long. It's a massive ravelry event (seriously...hundreds of designers, thousands of patterns) that helps you find new designers, get a great deal on lots of patterns, get some holiday knitting done, and have a [...]
Let’s Hold Hands…(review and giveaway)
Open Kate Atherley's newest book, Knit Mitts, and you'll quickly realize two things. Kate lives somewhere that gets seriously cold, and she isn't afraid of numbers. Spend a few more minutes with the book and you'll start to see that she's decided use her fondness for figures to make absolutely sure [...]
Wanna pet the knits?
So every now and then I pack up a bunch of knitting, offer up a small sacrifice to whatever spirits keep things safe in the postal system, and send trunk shows off to yarn shops. This is your periodic reminder that if you want one to turn up at your [...]
Behold…an actual slipper
So first came a few decreases. Then everything got all joined up. And then it really started looking properly slipper-like! Now I just have to remind myself (firmly) that my foot is a wee bit longer than the foot form and do one more repeat than I think I need [...]
Round and round or back and forth
So the way these slippers go together, you work flat for a while and then you work in the round (they're built a lot like Quiescent if you played with those). And whenever you go from working flat to working in the round, you need to pay a bit of [...]
More Wovember Woollies
Still having fun with this... Still cold outside... Still a tiny bit gloomy outside... Still not out of hats! You can see these day by day (at least as long as I last) over on my instagram account. Oh, and if you’re wondering about any of the hats, clicking the [...]
The Bucket…
I think I've explained before just how much of my organizational scheme depends on buckets. When I start a new book, it gets three buckets. As yarn comes in, it goes in bucket one. Once I've swatched it, the swatches and tags go in bucket two (while the yarn itself [...]
Leaves are sneaky
Leaf patterns are sneaky. Usually (not always of course, knitting offers very few cases of always) leaf patterns have you closing off the last leaf at the same time you're starting up the next one. That means when you've knit one repeat, you have two half leaves...and absolutely zero whole [...]
Wovember
I have a talent for only hearing about these various hashtag festivities well after the fact, but I managed to catch the #wovember / #wearwoolforwovember business before the whole blasted month is over. So I'm totally using it as a little prompt to go digging in the woollies and wear [...]
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