Salty
The making of a giant batch of herb salt has turned into a yearly event. We first did it (complete with something resembling instructions) back here. And we did it again just about this time last year. And this week we did it yet again. We use this salt in [...]
Brimming
I want to talk about blocking hats with brims. Now there's every chance you have already found a way to block hats with brims that you're happy with, in which case you can totally go entertain yourself elsewhere. But it took me an alarming number of tries to find something [...]
So This Happened
Oh hey, I sort of forgot to mention this (you guys are awesome by the way, this is totally not something I ever expected to have happen). Nifty isn't it! Of course it does mean the garage looks like this (and that my postman is more or less not speaking [...]
Told Ya
I know you were worried about the hat. I had a moment of being worried about it, too. But I was pretty darn sure it would be cute in the end. And you know what? It totally, totally is. Oh and yes, the top is cute, too (no point in [...]
Anemochory (plus giveaway)
I am so glad you all are indulging me and letting me bring my early patterns back out. Anemochory are just too lovely to keep tucked away any longer! You know how, when you're new at something, you don't have the good sense to know what's going to be hard, [...]
Shameless shameless pretty
Yes, yes the obsession continues. No, I am not sorry. I'm also not done, so there are going to be at least a few more of these. But, in the interest of being useful, I'll answer a few questions. Yes, it's skinny pencil roving (about sport weight maybe? I'm knitting [...]
One more row
Right, so, I'm starting to want everything I knit to be in gradient yarn. The knitting would go much much faster. Everybody else really really really wants to get through one more color change before they stop too, right? That's totally normal I'm sure...
Stages
There are several common stages in the creation of a hat. The tricky bit is that they don't come in any particular order, so you are likely to be surprised by them, no matter how many hats you've knit. For me, there's almost always a 'this is way way too [...]
Uncharacteristic
So you know me. You know I knit with skinny yarn. Skinny gray yarn (with occasional hints of grayish blue or grayish brown for variety). I knit small things, mostly tubes, and on dpns. Which makes the appearance of this at the top of my stash somewhat perplexing. And the [...]
Seasons
So it seems my domestic urges are tied to the calendar. In the dead of winter, I preserve lemons. In the middle of summer, I make herb salts and syrups. Once it's properly cold, it's hot chocolate paste. And when fall starts to set it, it's shrubs. I went to [...]
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