And also done!
It's been a productive couple of days. The mitts are done too! Don't worry, they'll uncurl when they hit the water. The cowl did (and it has longer stretches of stockinette), because the yarn is clearly magic! And again, in need of some end management and a good blocking. But [...]
And done!
Oh hey look, slippers! And yes, they need their proper photo shoot (and, um to be blocked...and to have their ends woven in). But they are totally in the done pile!
Indie Gift-a-Long
If you've been hanging out on ravelry lately, you've likely heard some buzz about the Indie Gift-a-Long. It’s a fun little event where I and more than 300 other designers put a bunch of our favorite patterns on sale and then have a giant knit along through the end of [...]
Timely
Sometimes? Sometimes you have good timing. On Saturday, we grabbed the last of the herbs from the yard. Normally we do it earlier, but this year we kept putting it off. We spent an hour or two stripping herbs, peeling garlic, and putting the food processor to work. And later [...]
Remiss
I've apparently been shockingly remiss. I haven't shown you anything of the second slipper (even though it's been cruising right along). Let's see if we can fix that, shall we? I think by now we all know they start back here. Then they sneak in a few heel stitches and [...]
Easily distracted
What can I say, I'm easily distracted. The swatch leapt onto my needles...who was I to fight it. Some fingerless mitts (to match the cowl from earlier this year) seemed in order. I'm sure you understand, right? I mean who can be expected to say no to that. But don't [...]
Officially now decorations, not holes!
So let's see where we ended up. First the sleeve. Then the shoulder. Then the front. I love it. Totally couldn't be happier. I'm actually considering doing this in a few other spots on the sweater where there are no holes just for the fun of it because I don't [...]
Conflagration (plus giveaway)
So I don't mean to alarm you, but it's kind of chilly where I am. This morning it was in the 30s. And while I don't particularly approve of this, I'm a knitter, so I do feel I'm well equipped to handle it. Conflagration might be just the thing to [...]
Before and after (or why you block your swatches)
So we talked about this before with this yarn, but it really does something magic when it gets wet. Take a look at the differences between this shot before and after I soaked it. Before: And after: And yes, I know it can be a bit hard to see in [...]
I’m starting to like the holes in my sweater
So I took a break from the hole on the front of the sweater and moved onto the one on the cuff of the sleeve. The first round of stitching looked something like this. Then I spent some time on the one on the back of the shoulder (right where [...]
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