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
The 2 Spooky Pattern and kit are both from Nancy Bates Designs. The pattern is well written and has a nice, clear chart for the colorwork. The yarn kit had a good amount of yarn in it – I have a little left of all the colors, but not huge amounts. It is nice quality… Continue reading Friday FO: 2 Spooky Hat
Some progress to report! The Halloween hat is moving along. I just started the decreases, so not too much knitting left. After that is done there is a little duplicate stitching to do on the pumpkins, then blocking and so on. I’m pretty happy with this hat – it is cute, and it’s an easy… Continue reading Wednesday WIPs
Yesterday I started on a kit I have had for a while, 2 Spooky Halloween Hat by Nancy Bates. So far it’s a pretty easy and fun knit. The kit came with a printed pattern and all the needed yarns. This one may get finished this week! Hats are so fun and quick to make… Continue reading Saturday Start
So after all my fussing about this afghan last week, I was able to get two blocks done one evening, and finished some duplicate stitching on a third. The white and blue block on top is the Mount Ranier block, which I knitted several years ago and just had to stitch the hiker on. The… Continue reading A Little More of a Lot
Section 1 (of 6) is done! So far it is an easy knit – maybe too easy. It is just garter stripe with 2 colors and some pretty straightforward shaping. The real challenge is that there is a lot of it. It’s not a small shawl. That will be great when it’s done, as it… Continue reading Vertices Unite Progress!
I’m reviewing these three books together because they’re on basically the same topic and by the same author. Also, because “From Around Norway” is part of all three titles and takes a while to type, I’m abbreviating it to FAN. All three of these books have patterns inspired by historical examples from collections in museums… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Knits, Mitts, and Socks from Around Norway
For some reason, this has been my week to stop procrastinating and start getting things done. It’s been a strangely good feeling to get moving! So today, it was time to get back into my National Park Centennial Celebrations afghan. (Ravelry link) First I wanted to take stock of what I had already done. As… Continue reading A Little Bit of a Lot
Progress on my Damele top and Vertices Unite shawl. Not a ton of progress, but noticeable 🙂 Now that my last little distraction project is done, what’s next? I asked for opinions a little while ago as to whether I should just go for little projects like hats or mitts, or if I should work… Continue reading Wednesday WIPs
