Finally finished my limitations exercise and got it blocked! The next exercise – this week’s, in fact – is taking one of the previous exercises and doing a little more with it. I plan to use this one for that, because there are a few of these patterns that I am wondering how they will… Continue reading 4 x 4 exercises
Last week’s creativity lesson was about the value of limitations. There was a lot to it, but basically it was about how having structure and limits around what you are going to do can be valuable in a number of ways. Among other benefits, it helps you focus and also forces you to play with… Continue reading Within Limits
Dolores’ gansey is done! It turned out pretty well, and I learned some things that will help me in making my own gansey. Dolores is happy to have such a fashionable and warm item for any nautical jaunts she may be taking. 😉 So all in all, I’m very happy with this project!
I wrote last month that I started my study of ganseys by working through a sample, based on the steps in Beth Brown-Reinsel’s book, and also that I was altering it a bit to fit Dolores. Well, I finally got a little time this week to make a bit more progress. I’m almost done with… Continue reading Dolores’ Gansey
Took a break from exercises tonight to pick back up with my Find Your Fade. It has been so gray and cold and bleah, I needed a shot of color!
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about how I was attempting to design knitting motifs based on hex signs. The exercise is part of the Knitting Seasons creativity thing I have been doing. The hex signs are because I am from eastern Pennsylvania, and am in fact of Pennsylvania German heritage. So hex signs were… Continue reading A Hex On Your Motifs Part 2
Sorry for the couple day absence – like much of the US we have been swept up in Marie Kondoing our house. It is much more physically and emotionally exhausting than the show makes it look 🙂 We are taking it pretty slowly, but making some progress. Undoubtedly this is going to take a while.… Continue reading Knitting Season Week 2
A little more sense is arising from the yarny chaos of earlier this week. One thing is moving along more or less as I had hoped, one is going back to the drawing board, and one is just interesting. The leaf motif is going back to the drawing board. I went to swatch it, and… Continue reading Knitting Season Progress
I didn’t have a lot of knitting time today, as I had to get some chores done, and we had a few more errands to run, but I did get a little time in on the sample gansey, aka Dolores’ gansey. One of the features of ganseys is adding the wearer’s initials on the bottom… Continue reading Sample Gansey Progress
Quite A Yarn 