Bright
The sun is setting somewhere around 4pm. All I can say is that my office windows face west, so at least I get the light as long as possible. That helps...and filling those west-facing windows with these helps too! I've chatted about them here before, and the fascination remains as strong as ever. If you want to make some yourself, you need the magic paper. It's sort of like a cross between tracing paper and cellophane (it's not like the colored tissue paper you wrap presents in). You can find little squares of it here and big giant sheets of [...]
Wovember…yes more
More wovember goodness...I'm having more fun with this than is really reasonable. Because outside it's cold. And it's overcast. And the sun goes down way way way too early. And some days it's downright gloomy. But the wool is warm. And having a whole bunch of it on hand seems to help! You can follow these in real time on my instagram page, or you can check out all the other good stuff folks are doing for Wovember! And if you're looking for any of the hats, clicking on them will take you to their ravelry pates (except for that [...]
Indie Gift-a-Long
It's that time again! Some clever (and oh so very organized) folks are running the Indie Gift-a-Long. It's a massive ravelry event (seriously...hundreds of designers, thousands of patterns) that helps you find new designers, get a great deal on lots of patterns, get some holiday knitting done, and have a lot of fun in the process. Each participating designer puts a bunch of patterns on sale for 25% off with the code giftalong2017. You can see the patterns I have on sale here. But it's more than just a sale! There is a super active ravelry group over here where [...]
Let’s Hold Hands…(review and giveaway)
Open Kate Atherley's newest book, Knit Mitts, and you'll quickly realize two things. Kate lives somewhere that gets seriously cold, and she isn't afraid of numbers. Spend a few more minutes with the book and you'll start to see that she's decided use her fondness for figures to make absolutely sure you can keep your hands warm this winter! She's done this in two ways. The first is by writing twelve awesome patterns. There are mittens, gloves, and fingerless gloves (all in a truly impressive array of sizes), and they're adorned with a lovely mix of cables, colorwork, and lace. But [...]
Wanna pet the knits?
So every now and then I pack up a bunch of knitting, offer up a small sacrifice to whatever spirits keep things safe in the postal system, and send trunk shows off to yarn shops. This is your periodic reminder that if you want one to turn up at your local yarn shop, you can have them get in touch with me (just send them to tinynonsense.com, there's wholesale info there). I know it sounds a little funny, but a lot of my best yarn shops found me because their customers came in knitting from my patterns or showing off [...]
Behold…an actual slipper
So first came a few decreases. Then everything got all joined up. And then it really started looking properly slipper-like! Now I just have to remind myself (firmly) that my foot is a wee bit longer than the foot form and do one more repeat than I think I need to, and we should be done. And really, the toes on these are going to be unspeakably adorable. Promise. Oh, and this seems like a good post to point out that the blog happens on a bit of a time delay (one post is often a few days of knitting). [...]
Round and round or back and forth
So the way these slippers go together, you work flat for a while and then you work in the round (they're built a lot like Quiescent if you played with those). And whenever you go from working flat to working in the round, you need to pay a bit of attention. The first thing to watch is your gauge. Many people have a different gauge in one or the other, and you'll want to do what you can to make it match. (How do you know if you do? Your swatch...it's always your swatch!) That can mean using a different [...]
More Wovember Woollies
Still having fun with this... Still cold outside... Still a tiny bit gloomy outside... Still not out of hats! You can see these day by day (at least as long as I last) over on my instagram account. Oh, and if you’re wondering about any of the hats, clicking the pics will take you to their rav pages!
The Bucket…
I think I've explained before just how much of my organizational scheme depends on buckets. When I start a new book, it gets three buckets. As yarn comes in, it goes in bucket one. Once I've swatched it, the swatches and tags go in bucket two (while the yarn itself usually goes out to Super Stunt Knitters for the actual knitting). When the pieces are finished, they go in bucket three. Once bucket three is full and bucket one empty, it's photo shoot time! I have a similar situation for individual patterns, just a bit less structured. That less structured [...]
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