Swatches…that’s really the secret
I'm liking this stripes that don't look like stripes / things that aren't colorwork but look like colorowork thing (like the purple and gray hat you've been seeing). So I'm playing with another version of it. And another... Neither of these are quite where I'll end up, but they are fun to play with!
Soon…
So you'll have to forgive me if things are a tiny bit quiet around here for the next few days. It's just about photo shoot time. And, unlike most photo shoots (where I pack up the knitting and leave the house and am done in a day), this one is happening in my house. That means that in addition to all the normal photo shoot prep, I have to make sure the whole house is clean and shiny. So I may be a tiny bit crazed. And as for why the shoot is happening here? Well because that's where all [...]
Clipping along
The hat is done. And with any luck at all, the cold that kept things quiet around here for the last few days is done too. Now clearly this needs to be blocked, but I'm rather pleased with it. And, in a stunning fit of uncharacteristic forethought, I actually took really good notes while I knit it. The pattern is already written and off with testers. All that means there's a pretty darn good chance it will be March's pattern! [pextestim pex_attr_set="looking-for-this-pattern" pex_attr_autoplay="false"][/pextestim]
Damn damn damn
Do you see what I see? Right there? Middle row of Vs? Just to the left of center? See how two of them aren't twisted at the top. Yeah. Yeah that's no good at all. That has to be fixed. But there's no chance I'm ripping all that back. So instead? Instead I'm doing knitting surgery. Gather your courage, drop the offending stitch down, get back to where the problem is, and work it back up (being very very careful not to mess up the stranding at the top...trust me on this one). Once it's back up, you can't tell [...]
Go away I’m knitting
I'm having a hard time putting this down. It's so pretty (and so ridiculously fun to do) that all I want to do is work on it. Alas, I'm supposed to do things like sleep and ship boxes and feed myself and finish up the next book and possibly do a bit of laundry from time to time. But wow this is all I want to do... [pextestim pex_attr_set="looking-for-this-pattern" pex_attr_autoplay="false"][/pextestim]
Next
So I feel like I'm having a 'colors without colorwork' sort of phase. There's the green and gray wavy set I just finished, and the stripey pink and purple business I just put up for testing, and of course there's Pelagic. But I didn't feel quite done. So then there was this. Which turned into this. Which then turned into this. Yarn is Madeline Tosh, Merino DK in Flashdance (purple) and Vintage in Smokestack (gray), and I'm expecting great things! [pextestim pex_attr_set="looking-for-this-pattern" pex_attr_autoplay="false"][/pextestim]
Block everything…no really, everything
I'm pretty sure I've given the 'no, really, block EVERYTHING' lecture plenty of times. But I figured I'd offer proof that I really do believe it. I was knitting a little puffy heart (don't judge, I needed a distraction). But I realized somewhere along the way that I both wanted to block it...and that I didn't want to throw a stuffed anything in a sink full of water. So I knit it up to this point, soaked it, blocked it, stuffed it, and closed it all up. I think it looks, as always, so much better after that little soak. [...]
Absolutely useless
I was waiting for yarn to come, and I was feeling antsy. So I decided to do something absolutely and completely useless. This has no practical purpose. Absolutely none at all. And yet, yet I find myself amused. And sometimes, that's all you can ask for.
Circumvolute (plus giveaway)
I think it's time we have a new pattern, don't you? Around here there's still plenty of time to bang out a hat or two before spring starts flirting with us, and Circumvolute is a lovely choice. Now, I don't know about you, but lately I've been seeing lots and lots and lots of lovely speckled yarns. Usually I see one, fall hopelessly in love, buy it, take it home, then swatch and swatch and swatch and never quite sort out something that works with the yarn. But these hats fix that. I finally figured out that speckled yarn likes [...]
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