That’s better
So the hat? The one that tried to be all dark blue and made from skinny yarn last time? It turns out it is indeed much happier on the lighter, thicker yarn. It's quite happy indeed.The only surprise is how much I like the inside of this one. I like it enough I may not be able to decide which is officially the outside. (Yes yes, this is not exactly a crushing problem to have.) What do you guys think?Actually, how do you feel about reversible patterns in general? I know I did Irresolute as a reversible set (and The [...]
Change of Plans
A hat appeared, fully formed, in my head. I knew pretty much everything about this hat: how it would be patterned, how the decreases would work, even how the sizing would work. Everything except the yarn. So I did the normal thing. I tossed the stash, found nothing, and then ordered more yarn. The yarn came, it was lovely. I swatched, I did math, and I cast on. But alas, it wasn't right. It's not the yarn's fault. It is awesome yarn and will undoubtedly find its way onto my needles at a later date, just not now. So I [...]
Gramercy (plus giveaway)
You know how some knitting projects just sort of seem like little magic tricks? Either they come together faster than they should, or they use less yarn than you'd expect, or they look so much fancier than they have any right to given how easy they are. Well Gramercy pretty much does all of those things! I'm delighted to bring them back out. They use a marvelous little lace motif that has a lot going for it. It's easy enough to be a perfect introduction to fancy socks, but interesting enough that you won't get bored, even if you're a [...]
Helpful
Kitten Overlord Levon wants to be sure that we are all aware of his work in the furtherance of the knitting cause. He is worried Kitten Overlord Douglas may steal too much attention, so he asked me to mention just how hard he works to keep me firmly settled in my seat, busily cooking up new projects. He guards my tea and delicately pats my knee with one paw if I do anything as ill considered as getting up. He does ask, however, that we not discuss the small whisker in cream incident that occurred shortly after this picture was [...]
Because we all know the real point of travel is snacks
You should probably go now. This post is of absolutely no interest to anyone but me. This post is possibly the most boring thing on the whole site. But, I am constantly finding myself looking stuff up on my own blog, so I'm going to take shameless advantage of the 'my party, my rules' aspect of having one's own website and make a quick list of the nifty restaurants we went to in San Francisco. This really is just so we can remember the next time we're out there or someone asks us where we liked. Sorry for not being [...]
Grid
You know how I occasionally prattle on at length about the difference between right-leaning double decreases, left-leaning double decreases, and centered double decreases? This is why. That would not be nearly as nifty looking if you didn't get picky about your decreases. And the next time someone asks if it's worth the bother to use the one called for, I'm sending them here. The yarn is Marshall Island Sport by the always delightful String Theory, and it continues their long-established tradition of being unreasonably pretty.
Report
Oh yeah, I sort of bought some yarn while we were away. Not too much (the soul of restraint, that's me), but a bit. First up, Tosh DK by Madelinetosh in the color Stargazing (which doesn't show on their website, not sure if it's a one off or discontinued). It's the brightest non-orange yarn in my stash and I will never in a million years be able to get an accurate reflection of the color of this yarn. Let's just say it's blue enough it pretty much vibrates. It is totally outside my normal gray with hints of green and [...]
Pointed
Didn't I promise there would be lace? Proper, full of holes, lace? Well here you go. I'm taken with this. There's something amazingly dramatic about lace worked in big yarn, and I tend to adore it (and man is it fast...lace on big yarn is about the fastest knitting there is). That's Legacy DK by O-Wool, and I'm just tickled by how it came out. I'm going to have to do a bit of experimenting and see how hard I want to block this one. Usually I'm a fan of a fairly brutal blocking for curls, but I sort of [...]
Unimpressed
Kitten Overlord Douglas is decidedly unimpressed by my sink full of soaking socks. I, on the other hand, am totally impressed and looking forward to some serious sock pictures over the next few weeks. I'll see what I can do about the furball's attitude, but enthusiasm is notoriously hard to generate in cats.
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