Zipping along
That? Well that's just about done! And you know what that means. That means it's just about time to do the pompom party. Because I'm pretty sure I have pompoms all figured out, and I need some sort of public reassurance that I'm not the only one amused by this. [pextestim pex_attr_set="looking-for-this-pattern" pex_attr_autoplay="false"][/pextestim]
Happy Mail
One of the many fringe benefits of my job is getting yarn in the mail. The latest is this lovely bit of goodness from Louet. Once it was here, I marched it over to one of my local purveyors of nifty things, Long Winter Farm (they have visiting kittens in the shop, it's a dangerously cute place) and found some pretty soap to go with it. As you might guess, that means those facecloths from last year are coming back, this time with a pattern. Yup, it surprises me too, but I absolutely adore mine and use them all the [...]
Ephemeris (plus giveaway)
The pretty gray hat you've been asking about (yes, I know, that doesn't narrow it down much...I may have a gray hat issue) is out. It's called Ehpemeris, and you can grab it now (and get 10% off with the code STARSTRUCK). I truly cannot get enough of that stitch. It makes the most perfectly textured fabric. It should be a hot mess...there are vertical lines and diagonal lines and holes and it should just be a little too busy. But somehow the result is deeply, deeply satisfying. I can't quite explain why. But I can say that I had [...]
Not even close
From time to time, I'll post a picture on instagram or on the blog, and someone will say some variation of 'oh my goodness, your knitting is so perfect, mine never looks like that.' And this is very very sweet...but absolutely not true. My knitting is somewhere around middling to fair. Now, I am pretty good at blocking, and blocking is a huge part of making your finished knitting look great (that's why I've done so many posts about how to block stuff...I really really really want you to be blocking your projects). And I do have a slightly fancy camera, [...]
Speckles (a primer and a giveaway)
If you've been here for a while, you know I tend to gravitate toward rather...um...let's say mellow yarns. Solids or semi solids, often in grays or purples or the occasional pond-scummy greeny yellow. They're what I like to knit with, they're what I like to wear, and they're almost universally well behaved. But a few years ago, I started seeing speckled yarns everywhere. And I would have expected to just sort of admire them on the shelf and move on. But, much to my surprise, they started following me home. But then...then I had to figure out what the heck [...]
No, I do not have a gray hat problem
I mean perhaps I have a propensity for them...but I wouldn't call that a problem. I mean how can something that lovely be a problem. A fascination maybe, but not a problem. Though the inside bit is unreasonably distracting...especially once you realize you can just slip the orange stitches off the needle and tug and they'll unravel separately. I mean don't do that, they're a bear to put back. That would be a problem. But it's the knitting equivalent of a Do Not Enter sign. You just really really really want to do it because you're not supposed to. Or maybe [...]
Easily Distracted
So remember that orange stripe business from a few weeks ago? The one with the pretty Manos yarn? Uh huh, well it's apparently grabbed my attention and it's not letting go. Which really isn't a bad thing. But it does mean you're going to be seeing a fair bit of this for the foreseeable future. But again, there are worse fates!
That’ll do nicely
Well then, that's satisfying. I'm mostly just going to show you pretty pictures. Then get it all blocked and go marching out to the yard to find somewhere to take pretty pictures. Have I mentioned how much I like having a woodpile and rocks and tree stumps and more rocks in the yard? It's awfully convenient... Everything is on track for this one to come out Tuesday May 1. If you want to grab yarn, I used a skein of Satchel by Mrs Crosby. And if you want to hear when it comes out, that handy link at the bottom [...]
Unreasonably satisfying
I should probably feign a becoming modestly. I know it's the right thing go do. But I confess that I am helpless in the face of this stitch. I think it's gorgeous and I can't hide it. It's a byproduct of all the swatching experimentation that happened back here, the experimentation that led to Ecliptic (see, swatching is totally not a waste of time or yarn, it's where ideas come from). And it's rather captivating. Everything is on track for it to come out as a pattern fairly soon (read May or June if all goes according to plan. Because I [...]
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