Tiny giants
We're having a KAL for Palpitation, and I'd be delighted if you joined us! I find I want to knit a few more of these, but it feels like some sort of breach of etiquette to knit in my own KAL. So I'm going to pretend that what I'm doing is using a few more hearts as a way to talk about some finer points of making these. But we all know what I'm really doing is indulging myself and making a few more. But don't tell anyone, ok? [pexcirclecta pex_attr_small_title="knitalong" pex_attr_title="PALPITATION" pex_attr_button_text="Join Us!" pex_attr_button_link="https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/pantsville-press/topics/3737683" pex_attr_button_link_open="new" pex_attr_button_color=""][/pexcirclecta] Now I know [...]
Persevere
I know in my secret heart that I am happiest with a nice deep brim. I know, I really really KNOW that this means a minimum of five inches of ribbing (which when you fold it in half and stretch it onto your head turns into more like two and a half inches of brim). So why am I trying this on now. Now when it is clearly not yet five inches. Because that right there is the quickest way to ensure a hat languishes at the bottom of the hat bin, never to be worn. Maybe some day I'll [...]
Yarn Love Challenge
Are you guys following the #yarnlovechallenge festivities over on instagram? If not, you totally should be! I love following it (even if I only occasionally manage to post to it). But it seems I do write an awful lot on instagram these days (often more than on the blog), so if you're looking for more of my blather, that's the place to get it. You can find me right here.
And after the swatches comes the cast on
All those swatches? All those many many many swatches? Well now that they've led to a stitch I'm happy with, now it's time to start the project. I'm going to have to do a post about how I cast on at some point...there are a lot of fuzzy ideas about cast ons floating around out there, and we should have a chat. But for now, I'm talking myself into slogging through a good five inches of brim, and that's taking all my motivation. Remind me how I pretty much only wear hats with nice folded brims, and so it's worth [...]
Indomitable (plus giveaway)
So let's talk socks. Do you realize how long it's been since I knit a new pair of socks? I took a look and it was summer...summer of 2016. That's just not cool. I needed some really awesome socks to break that streak, and Indomitable seem to have been just the thing! They're out on ravelry now (and you can get 10% off with the code UNSTOPPABLE). These were more fun than they had any right to be. That stitch at the top is sort of magic. It's fun to do, looks great with lots of yarn, super warm and [...]
Swatches…So. Many. Swatches
So I know I've talked about how swatching is a thing...but I'm not sure if you really believe me. I'm not kidding when I say that I sometimes spend as long swatching for a project as knitting it (especially for little things like hats). I mentioned last time that I stared with some swatches to see how I liked the needles and the yarn together. But that was just the beginning. I doodled around with the blue yarn for a while, but didn't like how things were shaping up, so I set it aside (and I did that at night [...]
Pairing
Have I mentioned recently that I believe in swatching? Swatching teaches you all sorts of things. It tells you what size your finished thing will be. But it also tells you if that yarn and that stitch want to play well together. And sometimes...sometimes it tells you that your yarn and needle combo is not meant to be. You'll recall I was all excited to go back to knitting a hat on DPNs (after having grudgingly knit the last one on circs). I had my awesome new Indian Lake Artisan needles all lined up and ready to go. And I [...]
Stuffed
We're having a KAL for Palpitation, and I'd be delighted if you joined us! I find I want to knit a few more of these, but it feels like some sort of breach of etiquette to knit in my own KAL. So I'm going to pretend that what I'm doing is using a few more hearts as a way to talk about some finer points of making these. But we all know what I'm really doing is indulging myself and making a few more. But don't tell anyone, ok? [pexcirclecta pex_attr_small_title="knitalong" pex_attr_title="PALPITATION" pex_attr_button_text="Join Us!" pex_attr_button_link="https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/pantsville-press/topics/3737683" pex_attr_button_link_open="new" pex_attr_button_color=""][/pexcirclecta] So once you've [...]
Not purple…still a hat
So it's been sort of all purple all the time around here. The hearts and the hat and before that the slipper were all rocking the purple. So I think it's time we bring on some blue. I mean not too much (we all know blue is not my favorite shade)...and not for too long (because that second slipper needs to happen and it's firmly back in the purple camp). But a little break from the purple could be good. That's Manos's Silk Blend in (I think) Ice Melt. And it's getting knit up with my shiny new Indian Lake [...]
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