Anybody remember?
So...does anybody remember back when I used to knit...socks? Really rather nifty socks? Because I do. And I've been going through some of my things and feeling a bit nostalgic. And eyeing the remarkable piles of gorgeous sock yarn in my stash. And making plans. There might just be a scheme underway. Maybe. Possibly. If the enthusiasm holds out and nothing goes boom and I don't get distracted by a shiny object.
Wired
I am, for some perfectly good reason that nonetheless escapes me, completely enamored with the caps on these. They are just so deeply, deeply satisfying. I used a piece of wire in them, and it makes them Just So Delightfully Bendy. It means you can wiggle and shape the tips of the cap just so, and somehow that changes the whole mood of the thing. I don't know why, I don't make the rules. But somehow...somehow it just really really does. The pattern is Preserves, and you've got through tomorrow to use the code SHORTCAKE for a little something off!
Not what it appears
Ok, so, talking more about mending the holey elbow! At first glance, it might appear that this is knit one purl one ribbing. And that would have been lovely, because knit one purl one ribbing is actually delightfully easy to duplicate stitch over. But if you take a closer look, you'll see it's...not that. This is easiest to see if you look at the cuff, which is knit one purl one ribbing, and then look at the transition into the sleeve, which is...something else. I'm pretty sure that 'something else' is the machine knit version of one color brioche (I [...]
Preserves
Earlier this month, we did a perfectly respectable, unquestionably useful, deeply practical hat. So of course this time we need to do something absurd, just to maintain balance. I'm pretty sure these strawberries qualify! There is absolutely nothing practical about them. They serve no useful purpose. And I'm not really sure I'm qualified to speak to respectability, but anything that red must have something to blush about. But knitting them made me happy, they feel absolutely delightful in my hands, and they seem to amuse everyone who sees them. Which seems like all I can reasonably ask for from a [...]
Loopy
One of the many delightful things about Very Fancy Washcloths is being able to put a wee little loop on them so you can hang them up. And now yes, it does alas mean you end up knitting four and a half miles of icord (technically, more like 8 inches, but around the 7 inch mark those two might as well be the same thing), but I swear it's worth it in the end.
Fairly Subtle
Ok, so the goal here was 'fairly subtle mend'...in part because 'perfectly invisible mend' was just not going to be an option on this one. But I feel like this is hitting the 'fairly subtle' goal pretty darn well! As is so often the case, there's a 'flop it around and watch it wiggle' version over on instagram, should you be in want of such a thing.
Strawberryish
Never fear, we are not afflicted with a strange strawberry bleaching plague, there are indeed also red strawberries! It's just...you know...'bright, true, strawberryish red' is about the least represented color in my entire stash, whereas 'chalky, dusty, pencil eraserish pink' is much easier to come by. But I wasn't going to go through a strawberry phase without sneaking in at least a couple of red ones!
Valid
So sometimes, for completely legitimate and valid reasons, you find yourself needing to knit a teeny tiny brioche leaf. This is especially likely to happen if, say, last fall you knit a whole stack of much bigger brioche leaves to make The Best Washcloths Ever, and now you find yourself needing to remind your fingers and brain how yarn works so you can finish up the pattern. Look, I didn't say you were likely to need to knit a teeny tiny brioche leaf. I just said it was a thing that happened sometimes. Because clearly it is! (Yarn is Little [...]
Assembly line
It's a strawberry assembly line over here, and I suspect it maybe the same at your house in the not too distant future, so let's run down what you need to make these! I must, for the sake of my faith in humanity, assume that you can all tell that you'll want yarn and needles that let you knit in the round (plus the usual stuff you want for any knitting project like a darning needle to weave in your ends and scissors to cut your yarn and a stitch marker to keep track of the start of your round [...]
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