I got to spend a lot of time lazing around Sunday, which let me get two more blocks done for my National Parks afghan! This one is for Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. The image the designer chose is a Rocky Mountain Blue Columbine flower. I worked this in a mix of intarsia and… Continue reading Two More National Park Blocks
One project ends, the next begins! Next up is Yawl by Amy Herzog. I got this as a Custom Fit pattern a few years ago, and am happy to finally be making it! The yarn I am using is Noro Silk Garden Solo in Light Gray (02). It is working up really quickly – yay… Continue reading Saturday Start
The Twisted Stitch Sourcebook by Norah Gaughan is a thorough, detailed, and well-organized book about, as the title implies, twisted stitch knitting. This book came out last year, so it is not super-new. Lots of people have already gotten into this book, and many have already sung it’s praises. But I’m going to add mine… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Twisted Stitch Sourcebook
I’m continuing to make progress on my Vertices Unite. I’m not working on it a lot, but some. And I’m happy with how the orange looks with the blues. Pop!! And my Damele top is finally done! It is somewhat translucent so I’ll have to wear something under it, but I have plenty of tank… Continue reading A WIP and a FO
Just in case you aren’t following Alissa Head of Headknits (and if not, why not?) she is launching a new side gig creating quarterly mystery yarn boxes! You can read all about it on her blog. It looks like a great theme, and she has some exciting items lined up!
After a pretty long break from online classes, I jumped back in with Vogue Knitting Live this weekend. Saturday I took Killer Color Cables with Melissa Leapman. The technique we focused on was stranded cabling. If you have done stranded colorwork and cabling, you will not find this too tough. Keeping the floats/tension right was… Continue reading Back to Class – Vogue Knitting Live
My Vertices Unite is moving along – I have just finished section 2! So far I’m happy with it. The four yarns that make up these two sections will make up most of the rest of the shawl, alone or in different combinations. The only other different yarn is the next section. Here is the… Continue reading Vertices Unite Progress
Twined knitting is a traditional Swedish knitting technique also known as two-end knitting. The basis of this techniques is that you are knitting with two strands of yarn that you twine around each other as you knit. The “two-end” name is because people often use two ends of the same cake of yarn – taking… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Twined Knitting Two-Fer
I had a lot of knitting time today, which let me get two National Park afghan blocks done! (Ravelry link) Happy Galentine’s Day!! This block represents Glacier National Park, specifically the Going-to-the-Sun road which is a feature of the park. For more about this park, check out their website here. And this one represents Mesa… Continue reading Park Blocks: Slowly But Surely
Quite A Yarn 