Polyommatus corydon Knit Along
I’ll be having knit alongs for each of the pattern pairs in The Knitter’s Curiosity Cabinet, Volume II. This month we're starting the two patterns inspired by the Polyommatus corydon print (as always, you can click on the print to see it bigger, these prints really are marvelous). So of course we have socks...ruffly frilly amazing socks. And just to counter out all that girlishness, a slightly more subdued hat. If you’d like to join in, swing on by the ravelry thread and get knitting. This is pretty laid back for a knit along (too many rules make my head [...]
These Things Keep Happening
Somehow, despite all my firm intentions to work on only one (or, you know, two) big projects at a time, something snuck up on me the other day. I really couldn't help it. It started as a swatch. A simple little swatch. Then there was a period of graph paper experimentation and a bit of shameless arithmetic. Then came the creeping realization that what I had was an idea, not a swatch, and that the idea had tremendous potential. The sort of potential that results in books around these parts. Now of course it's in the early stages. More specifically, [...]
Dash
The plan went something like this. Dash off to Chicago after work on Friday, hang out during the day on Saturday, see a concert that night, zip back home Sunday in time for a nice leisurely evening. This is a perfectly viable plan in the town you're going to and the town you're coming from are close to each other. Cleveland and Chicago...aren't. Especially when you change that to 'eastern suburb of Cleveland' and 'western suburb of Chicago.' I think we spent more time in the car than we did, awake, in the city. Those plans to fill a few [...]
Going going…
I just went to package up this morning's out going books, and realized I'm down to only a tiny handful of copies of Rabble Rousers. Tiny like a dozen. If you've been wanting to get one, this might be the time. I don't have any plans to reprint these, so when they're gone, they're gone. Of course the electronic version will still be available, but I know some folks prefer paper. And as always, if you get the paper version from me, you get the electronic version for free too. And, in much more fun news, if you had a [...]
Quickie
I'm sure that all of you have perfectly organized, tidy, ordered lives. The sort where you have time to undertake intricate craft projects. The kind that take weeks if not months of dedicated, focused attention and result in achingly beautiful finished objects. You seem like those sorts of folks. Me? Me, I needed a five minute fix the other day. The sort where explaining it will take longer than making it. So...onto the explanations. Last fall The Boy and I went to Maine. We spent as much time as possible doing this. Most marvelous thing ever--beach, fire, ocean-dipped marshmallows--you could [...]
Dream a Little Dream
As some of you may recall, earlier this year The Boy and I headed out to our local picturesque abandoned greenhouse (every well equipped town has one). We were hunting for photoshoot locations, and we snapped a few pics of some lovely pink mitts while we were there. I let you know they were for a project, and I promised I'd come back and tell you all about it when it went live. Well it's out now, and I couldn't be more delighted! May I introduce Dreaming of Shetland: A Dream-Funder Project for Deborah Robson. I first met Deb when [...]
Tis the Season
I fear you may be getting tired of The Chez Violence Parade of Herby Goodness. But alas, it's not all knitting all the time around these parts, and lately, this has been what I'm up to. So, under the My Blog, My Rules dictum, it's what I'm inflicting on you. Fear not, there is yarn in the offing, and it will show up soon. But in the meantime, on with the plants. If you were around last summer, you may remember the herb simple syrups that became something of an obsession. I decided I needed more. We did both lavender [...]
Pin Me Down
So let's talk about blocking. You know those stitches that just, by their nature, don't want to lie flat? The ones that have a bit of ripple and curve to them? Yeah. There are a few ways you can go with them. You can force them flat when you block, or you can exaggerate the the waves. I think both can be fun, but what about you guys. Would you freak out if the blocking instructions wanted you to do this? You'd need either several (oh, maybe 12?) straight needles or a set of blocking wires or some super skinny [...]
More of a Good Thing
The herb salts have proven to be a tremendous hit. The lavender salt may possibly have found its way onto the rim of a glass or two, and the others have been used in just about everything we've cooked since we made them. Given this success, I decided to go ahead and make some basil salt while the plants were still going strong. But, as my fingers are just now recovered from the chopping extravaganza (and as basil is a bit leafier and wetter than the other herbs), I went with a slightly different approach. Mini chop to the rescue. [...]
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