Over The…
One of you come finish this for me, pretty please? It's reached the point where the rows are alarmingly long (it's all bunched up on the needles so you're not really seeing the full size of the thing here). It's also reached the point where I keep wishing I had a bit more yarn so I could make it really really really big. But, as the yarn came (without a label) from a jewelry vendor at Rhinebeck three years ago, I think I'm probably out of luck. Probably, but not definitely. For you see, I just sort of happened to [...]
Push and Pull
So I think I showed you finished pics of both variations of the hats, I don't think I ever showed you both together. I'm rather taken with them. I think they're a perfect example of how very tiny changes in your knitting can have surprisingly big results. These use exactly the same ribbing, exactly the same increases, and exactly the same kind of basic decreases (ssk and k2tog). But by shifting the relative positions of the increases and decreases, you get two totally different looks. One where the ribbing stays straight and a band cuts across it. And one where [...]
Salty
The making of a giant batch of herb salt has turned into a yearly event. We first did it (complete with something resembling instructions) back here. And we did it again just about this time last year. And this week we did it yet again. We use this salt in everything we cook (well...everything except sweets, because that would be odd) and more or less wouldn't want to cook without it. You absolutely need to make some of your own. And this year? This year we learned something very very important. You can totally use the food processor instead of [...]
Brimming
I want to talk about blocking hats with brims. Now there's every chance you have already found a way to block hats with brims that you're happy with, in which case you can totally go entertain yourself elsewhere. But it took me an alarming number of tries to find something I was truly happy with, so I figure there's got to be someone else out there wondering how the heck to do this. Of course the easy option is just to block it with the brim down and cuff it when you put it on. Now I'm sure you can [...]
So This Happened
Oh hey, I sort of forgot to mention this (you guys are awesome by the way, this is totally not something I ever expected to have happen). Nifty isn't it! Of course it does mean the garage looks like this (and that my postman is more or less not speaking to me). But, if you were waiting for the book to come back in stock on amazon, or if you were waiting for it to come in at your local yarn shop, it should be all set now (as always, amazon links are affiliate links). Now, if you'll excuse me, [...]
Told Ya
I know you were worried about the hat. I had a moment of being worried about it, too. But I was pretty darn sure it would be cute in the end. And you know what? It totally, totally is. Oh and yes, the top is cute, too (no point in doing a hat if the top isn't amusing). I'm fairly smitten! And there's just the tiniest bit of yarn left. I may try and make the shortest cuffs ever. Or I could be a normal person and call it done (or, just possibly, order more yarn...that's more likely). I haven't [...]
Anemochory (plus giveaway)
I am so glad you all are indulging me and letting me bring my early patterns back out. Anemochory are just too lovely to keep tucked away any longer! You know how, when you're new at something, you don't have the good sense to know what's going to be hard, so you just sort of dive in to all sorts of things? That was totally what happened with these. Knitting them wasn't hard, but writing them down proved challenging for 2010 me. Luckily, I've had some practice at this sock writing thing between now and then, and 2015 me had [...]
Shameless shameless pretty
Yes, yes the obsession continues. No, I am not sorry. I'm also not done, so there are going to be at least a few more of these. But, in the interest of being useful, I'll answer a few questions. Yes, it's skinny pencil roving (about sport weight maybe? I'm knitting on 4s.). No, I'd never seen it before either, but I'm fond of it. No, I don't know where to find this exact stuff (I got it at Rhinebeck, three years ago, at a jewelry stand that just happened to have this one kind of yarn), but if you search [...]
One more row
Right, so, I'm starting to want everything I knit to be in gradient yarn. The knitting would go much much faster. Everybody else really really really wants to get through one more color change before they stop too, right? That's totally normal I'm sure...
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