Blocking 201 – Flared Cuffs
So, I've given this lecture before, but everything you knit can benefit from being blocked. Everything. And if you've been around long enough to hear that lecture, you've been around long enough to know about my love for flared cuffs. So of course I have a way to block them [...]
Option one
So, I hear from a lot of you that you're scared of blocking or that it's hard or that you just don't want to do it. And I sympathize...but I sort of need you to get over it. If you have the skill to knit the thing, you have the [...]
Toldya they were quick…
First one's done (yay)! And the second one's on the needles. Now, please note that 'done' in this case means 'done being knit' not 'done being worked on.' It's still going to need some attention when I block it. Because wow will it look different after it's blocked. Promise. And [...]
A little distraction
A pipe in my basement is doing something gurgly and distasteful. Qualified adults have been summoned, and I'm sure they will handle the problem. But I need a little distraction. And as is the tradition around here, the distraction of choice is teeny tiny cuffs. The yarn is Yummy 3-ply [...]
A sickness I tell you
So when last we left the hat it had gotten pleasantly tall. But it whispered to me that we weren't quite done...it needed one more little thing... Yes, it's true, I've fallen prey to the dread pompom sickness. From what I can tell there's no cure. Luckily, with the right [...]
Misprision (plus giveaway)
If you've been around for a while you know I'm scared of proper colorwork. The sort where you use two (or more, eep) colors in one row. But I don't want to be left out of all that multicolored fun, so I've started playing with ways to use two different [...]
Tall enough
So we've talked about this before, but it's helpful enough it bears repeating. If you're doing a hat with fast decreases (and a lot of mine use those), my favorite way to know if it's tall enough is to get all the stitches on two needles and try it on. [...]
Shhhh
Are you on instagram? I am, and rather to my surprise, I totally love it. I seem to have found the right group of folks to follow so that I see a never-ending stream of yarn and sheep and cocktails and knitting (and very very little drama and strife...making it [...]
Prepping caked yarn
You know those beautiful cakes of yarn? The ones that flirt their way right into your cart with their glorious slow color changes? Yeah, I love them too. But, sometimes they require a tiny bit of extra work before you start knitting. And, since I'm spending some serious time with [...]
It grew
So there's this nifty thing where, if you keep working on something, it will usually grow. That does seem to be happening here. The hat is getting markedly taller. It still needs another inch or two (I have a few things in mind for the decreases here, but any of [...]
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