Trifurcate
The pattern for Trifurcate hat and mitts is ready to go. You've been watching this set for a while now. You know that it was my first hat (though not my last) and that it was made for a friend who's having a rough couple of months. Now it feels a bit shady to profit from my friend's misfortune, so at the end of the year, any profits from this pattern are going to her favorite charity, Providence House. If your Thanksgiving weekend features a bit of down time, you can whip these up in no time. If, by some [...]
Polling the Collective
Apparently the action shot didn't quite cut it and folks want to see the top of The Boy's hat too. I'm happy to oblige. One hat, all tidy and finished! I think the next hat will be for me (having gotten some of my mistakes out of the way on my early victims friends and family). I think it's time to explore the realms of the slightly poufy hat. I've decided the watch cap style doesn't suit my face and the poufy hat has the potential to look reasonably non-dorky on me. Now this is actually where you guys come [...]
Please Don’t Make Me Regret This
You know how when you hear your own voice on a phone message or something you never think it sounds like you? Yeah. I just got a rather dramatic example of this. I did an interview with the lovely Lara of Math4Knitters, and it's just come out. Lara sounds poised and professional. I sound like a hyperactive chipmunk. A hyperactive chipmunk with an unusual fondness for yarn, but still some sort of small mammal on helium. If you'd like to witness in my shame, head over to Math4Knitters and have a listen (I sound a bit out of breath because [...]
Lickety Split
So you know what I've discovered? Hats are wicked wicked fast. As in, cast on Friday night, cast off Saturday night fast. And it wasn't even like I spent all day Saturday knitting. The hat just sort of happened when I wasn't even looking. I could get used to that. I have a pair or two of socks that could benefit from that approach. And please don't worry. Socks are still first in my heart. I will not abandon them. This hat thing is just a phase...an enjoyable phase...but a phase none the less. I'm pretty sure that you can [...]
Here We Go Again
The hat thing seems to have stuck. Shortly after finishing my friend's hat, The Boy cut off all his hair. A day or two later he mentioned that his head was cold and that he could maybe just possibly see the wisdom of a hat. Within minutes yarn was located (we'd picked it out a long time ago when he was thinking of knitting his own hat), balls were wound, and the hat was begun. That winding part actually proved unexpectedly tricky. This is Nichole by Schaefer Yarn and Hand Paint Sock by Misti Alpaca. I don't have a lot [...]
I Will Save You
So I've mentioned before that we have two wee kittens. They're not actually so wee anymore (Barry here is closing in on 15 pounds) but we still insist on calling them kittens. Now I have long suspected that Barry is the most knitterly of the two fellows. He's the one playing with the spindle in that earlier post. He's also the one hopelessly smitten by his wool pet. But now I've had it confirmed. You see I have this giant sweater coat. It's like an over-sized cardigan. It's warm and soft, and I often throw it on over whatever I'm [...]
Well Alrighty Then
Ok. So apparently you guys like the purple socks. Rather a lot. I got comments here...and on ravelry...and in my email. I'm flattered! Also a bit puzzled, as they really are fairly simple little socks, but flattered. I've cast on the second sock and that helped me figure out how to describe what's going on. With luck, the pattern should be out next month. Just so we're clear, you do realize that the other side is totally plain right? I meant it when I said these were easy. Nothing but knit stitches over there.
Zombie Sock Revealed
These are absolute cake to knit. Easy as can be. Writing down just how to do them though... that's proving unexpectedly challenging. Somehow I don't think 'get really sick and then just do what seems easiest' will work as the first instruction. Neither will a picture of me pointing at a particular spot and a caption reading 'make that bit line up right.' Some day I'll learn to take better notes.
Far Too Much Fun
It was a photo-ish sort of weekend. Saturday we wandered over to a local stream to take sock pictures. You've seen a bit of that. Then on Sunday, we took pictures of the hat. Now as charming and helpful a model as The Boy is (he spent his Saturday cheerfully standing in a cold stream having his feet photographed after all), I couldn't quite see him sporting a fetching pastel periwinkle hat and mitts. I actually think the hat could work for guys if it was made in a guy-ish color (or at least a color that the guy wearing [...]
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