At least my feet will be warm…
I'm absolutely positively convinced that warm feet make all the difference on cold days. And you all know I have a slew of wool socks (perks of the trade...). But sometimes you want an extra layer, and that's where the slippers come in. I've been rocking the slippers over socks [...]
Swatching swatching swatching
It really is shocking just how much of my knitting is actually swatching. Because sometimes, the thing you think will be lovely just isn't quite right. But I promise it's better to rip it out and try again than to push on with an unsuitable pairing. And sometimes what doesn't [...]
The boss of your knitting…
This is just your friendly occasional reminder that you (not the yarn tag) are in charge of your gauge (and needle size)! This is Malabrigo's Twist, which is a lovely aran weight yarn. They suggest knitting it at around 4-5 stitches per inch, and suggest a needle size around 8 [...]
Might as well…
So that pretty gray and green hat? The one with the welts? It's coming out later this month. And I needed to take some instructional photos for how you make that little ridge. And I was going to just do it on a swatch...but it seemed more fun to do [...]
Darn it
I managed to get a funny hole in my sock. It's on top of the toes (not a spot where I usually get a lot of wear), and closer examination revealed that it's just one popped strand. There's no sign of wear (the fabric around it isn't thin), so my [...]
Burgeoning (plus giveaway)
One afternoon, a few days after our move, I took a little walk around the yard with my camera and knitting in hand. I was looking for somewhere to show off these slippers. And what do you know, we have a handy woodpile that does the job rather nicely. The [...]
Business as usual
We're starting to feel settled in. I know where almost everything is (though the basement still holds some mysteries) and we're down to just a tiny handful of boxes lingering in corners. All of which means it's time to get back to work and do some knitting! This was technically [...]
Landed
Aaaaand we're in! All tucked into the new house in Maine, mostly unpacked, and ready to get back to work. You'll start seeing me around more next week (next up, the pattern for those lovely green slippers everyone has asked about). They'll be the first pattern photographed in our shiny [...]
Departures
We made herb salt this week. If you've been around for a while (and if you pay alarmingly close attention to the nonsense I get up to), you may be thinking it's a bit early for such a thing. And this is totally true...we usually wait until October or even [...]
Let’s pretend
We're just going to ignore the bit about how I put this down when there were only a few hours left of work to do on it, picked up a totally different yarn, and knit an entire hat. Instead we're going to focus on how I've now picked it back [...]
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