Tippy top
Told'ja the top was nifty! I've got to get the mitts out (that should be here in just a day or two), but this is off with testers now, and should be the next thing out after that!
Nicely
Ahem. Yes. That will do nicely. I think. Wanna see the top?
Brief demonstration
Ahem. A brief demonstration that I do actually have yarn that is neither floofy nor pink/orange/purple. Just in case you were worried. This is one of Seven Sisters Arts color wheels, and I'm using it to make some mitts to go with Constellate (all of which should be out soon, likely next month-ish). This is what happens if you work most of it with one end of a gradient, but work the fancy bits with the other end. It is also a demonstration that oh, oh yes, my stitches (especially on this pattern) are Super Duper Wobbly while I'm knitting. [...]
Next up!
Tacit is all set to come back early next week! Before it does, let's run down a couple questions and answers. First up, if you bought it when it was available in the past, keep an eye on your inbox, you'll get an email with the new version just like always. Second, if you want to contribute towards the Community Supported Pattern fund that lets me give away free copies of patterns to folks who don't have room in the budget for little luxuries, now's the time to do that! Third, I made mine with about 250 yards each of [...]
What I want right now.
So I mean just because there isn't any suspense about running out of yarn doesn't mean there's no fun to be had. You might even make the argument that the lack of suspense means it's all fun and absolutely no stress. Which again, is more or less what I want from my world right now. Thick, cozy, smooshy fabric. Absolutely delicious yarns. Not even a hint of stress or drama. I'll do that all day every day.
The Opposite of Suspense
Remember how I said I used yesterday's yarn math all the dam time? Yeah, it's how I knew I totally had enough yarn on hand to do a second version of this hat. And yeah, spoiler alert, if you look at yesterday's picture you can see I totally did and said hat is indeed already finished. But wow was it nice to work on it knowing, deep in my truest heart, that I would not be running out of yarn half an inch from the end of the hat. Because I'm sorry. Life in 2023 is stressful enough. I do [...]
Yarn Math
I know math isn't everyone's favorite thing, but there's one Very Tiny Math Nugget that comes in super handy pretty much every time I knit something, so I want to make sure you have it in your bag of tricks. There's a point in pretty much every project where I find myself wanting to know 'how much yarn is that?' Sometimes I want to know 'how much yarn did I use in this hat?' Sometimes I want to know 'how much yarn is left in this ball?' Sometimes I want to know 'how much yarn do I need to make [...]
Fickle
Yup, scandalously unblocked, ends flapping in the breeze, and yet I love it still. But...But I want the zig zag on more of the hat. For I am a fickle and prone to exuberance. So there may be another hat in the works, but first, I gotta do that yarn math I mentioned the other day to see if I have enough yarn for what I want to do. Want me to show you how I figure out how many yards of yarn I used on something with multiple yarns, even if I scandalously forgot to weigh a [...]
Reasonable
Two things. One, this is just about ready for the decreases. Two, I am in no way ready to be done knitting on it. The only reasonable thing to do is knit another version. But first? First I have to finish this one and then break out the scale/raid the stash and do some yarn math. In other words, Finish One Project Before Starting The Next. And we all know how well that goes...
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