That’s what this past week felt like. Miles and miles of plain stockinette, as far as the eye can see. The two projects I have going right now were each chosen when I was feeling like I really was not up to much complexity in my life. But right now, they are both so very,… Continue reading Keep Knitting and Knitting and Knitting…
So one of my knit projects right now is a skirt. To get ready for this project, I bought a pattern – for the Simple Straight Skirt, by Churchmouse Yarns and Teas – which I proceeded to then not really follow. I also bought and read a book entirely on the topic of knitting various… Continue reading Skirting the Issue
I just spent the week in Barrow AK for work, and hoped to report on the state of knitting there. Sadly, there’s not much knitting going on that an outsider could see. The local superstore, an Alaska Commercial Company, has a very small section of some acrylic and cotton yarns, and a small selection of… Continue reading New in the News!
It doesn’t happen often, but I recently got swept up in a trend. I didn’t mean for it to happen. Even now, on the other side, I’m not 100% sure exactly how it happened. But it did. So here’s how it went. A couple of weeks ago, I started seeing some buzz about the newest… Continue reading Fashion Victim
Well, the past week has seen some knitting-related progress! First, I finished the sweater I have been working on – Oddrun, designed by Elsebeth Lavold. I am pretty happy with how it got… It’s a nice pattern, some shaping, a little bit of cabling, but nothing too crazy. There is also the option to make… Continue reading What’s on the Needles Now?
During a recent jaunt to an antiques/junk shop here in Anchorage, I stumbled onto an intriguing sweater from the past… I didn’t get the sleeves in the picture, but the word “Alaska” is knit down each sleeve. The front, which has a zipper and two little knit-in pockets, has an intarsia husky head and an… Continue reading History’s Mystery Sweater
For a long time, I resisted shawls as a knitting project option. Other knitters were working away at them, sometimes quite a lot of them. I saw the patterns on Ravelry and in the magazines, and sometimes would even stop to look longingly at them before deciding to pass. More recently, I have grown to… Continue reading We All Shawl Down
For the past couple of weeks, I have had a few projects in the works that were sort of black holes of knitting efforts. I knit and knit and knit and knit, and there didn’t seem to be any less yarn, and I was still nowhere close to done. Then finally, I broke away from… Continue reading What’s on the Needles Now?
In order to have a successful road trip, you need to do some careful planning. Emergency supplies and good snacks are a given. Music, directions, plans – all of these can be helpful. We crafters have one other step to take before hitting the road – proper project selection. So what does make a good… Continue reading Road Trip!
Quite A Yarn 