See, I told you I had a different blue lined up ready to try out! And I'm pretty sure this is exactly what I wanted all along. I just had to, you know, lay hands on it in person rather than seeing it through a screen before I could be sure. But now I'm sure. Quite sure!⁠ ⁠ Just wait till you see it all together...

The way this finishes out at the top is deeply, deeply satisfying. I cannot pretend otherwise.⁠ There's going to be an additional panel there on the opposite quadrant (you can just barely see the start of one of the columns of stitches there in the distance). And then I have to decide if I want to fill in the sides as well or leave them blank.⁠ Which I for sure won't know until I do the second one and pet it for a bit and see what tickles my fancy. But I am faaaaaaaairly well smitten with the idea of [...]

There we go, that's what I wanted on this side!⁠ ⁠ And I'm working on a slightly different blue for the other side, but I wanted to get this side finished up first.⁠ Now, every time I try a color, decide it's not for me, then try another one I like better, some folks will come along and say they liked the first color better. ⁠ Which I get! We all have our preferences! And color is for sure one of those things where you like what you like and that's great, you for sure do not need to justify [...]

Well darn. That blue is just not quite right, now is it.⁠   I mean don't get me wrong, it's a lovely blue! And it will go on to do lovely, blueish sorts of things at some point in the future. But it does not currently want to do this particular thing. ⁠ Which is fine, I'll have it out in just a minute. ⁠ But this is a point in favor of shopping for yarn in person when you can! Color is just always hard on a monitor (this is not the yarn store's fault, it's just a thing [...]

Ahem. That Will Do Quite Nicely Thank You. Quite nicely indeed. Now, we're not done...there are going to be several more columns of stitching and a few other bits of fancy business before we're done. But wow am I calling the proof of concept a success! Those bits of skinny green thread on the bottom and right are there as guidelines, they'll get yoinked out when I'm done, so just ignore them for now. And we'll be doing something Delightfully Absurd to handle all these ends when we're done. But for now, for now I just sort of want to [...]

One of these days...one of these days I really want to do a project where I get like a dozen different worsted weight yarns, send them to a dozen different sample knitters, say 'knit me a tube with x/y/z stitches, put a/b/c ribbing on the bottom bit, then knit stockinette in a tube for 8-9 inches, and mail it back to me. Then I'll do a dozen different hat crowns. Not even fancy, intricate ones where you carefully work the decreases into the existing stitch pattern. Just basic ones where you work on a field of stockinette and make it [...]

Oh, oh there we go. That's the creamy, dreamy, ever so slightly steamy vibe I was going for. So, as a reminder, this bit of knitting is going to be a canvas on which to embroider a whole heaping stack of fancy business. Which means that, to a far greater degree than usual, I want the knitting to be the background, not the focus. I wanted something with great stitch definition (so I can easily see exactly where I'm sticking my needle as I sew) and fairly big stitches (because the size of my knit stitches will be the thing [...]

Ok folks, my yarn recall is...well...my yarn recall is spotty, but my past blog archives are extensive! And I have a Whole Damn Bunch of old emails loitering about in old folders in the depths of my hard drive. And between them, I've managed to track down this yarn.⁠ Looks like it's Squish DK by Spun Right Round in the color Spellbound. Now, once again, I. Knit. These. Five. Freaking. Years. Ago. So I have precisely zeeeero idea if that color is still around.⁠ But that will not stop me from being smug for having dug up the order email [...]

Will I carefully pick any stray people/kitten hairs out of my knitting before proper photoshoots? Yes of course. Will I photoshop any sneaky ones right the heck on out of there after the shoot if I miss them ahead of time? Yup, to the best of my ability I will.⁠ Will I do that for some random instagram post on a Monday morning? No, no I apparently will not. ⁠ We'll talk about this yarn more soon. It's glorious, and just perfect for this project.⁠ But I took the photo right around sunset and the color is wildly wildly off [...]