I had a little FO this week, my Cetraria Islandica cowl! The pattern and kit are by Helene Magnusson, aka The Icelandic Knitter. The main yarn (the brown) is unspun plotulopi, which is interesting to knit with. I had to be a lot more delicate with it than I generally am with yarn. The resulting… Continue reading Friday FO: Cetraria Islandica
I cannot believe a whole week has gone by! It’s been busy, but looking back I can’t really say what I was busy with. I can say I was partially busy with knitting. Still on the first sleeve of my Powdermill, but making progress! Also I started a smaller second project, the Cetraria Islandica cowl.… Continue reading Wednesday WIPs
My UFO Watch Party/Jessica Jones cowl is finished! I’m happy with how it turned out 🙂 The yarn is Pax sock from Havirland, and the pattern is the Jessica Jones cowl (Ravelry link). I did not use the whole skein of yarn because, as previously mentioned, the whole cowl is linen stitch, which is incredibly… Continue reading FO Finally!
For the last couple of months, I have been noodling around during lunch at work with some small skeins of yarn that have been floating around the stash for a couple years. I did not have a plan for this yarn, and it didn’t seem to really go together except for being the same gauge… Continue reading Random Unplanned Cowl
Got my mosaic knitting project done this evening! I cheated a little on the colors for the final two pattern sections. But I was running low on the neon peach, and thought that throwing a little accent section of blue would look nice anyway. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out 🙂 It was… Continue reading Colorshift Mosaic Cowl Done!
It’s May, which means there is a new project with a new technique to learn up on the Boost Your Knitting page! This month it is tubular cast on in the round, as part of making some lovely cabled mittens. I’m pretty excited about this one, so I want to get a move on and… Continue reading Mosaic Coming Together
Thanks to everyone who weighed in on the stockinette vs. garter question on this chevron section! I did decide to just keep going and mirror the sections. I hate the garter parts less now that there are a few more repeats of the stitch pattern, though I still think the stockinette parts definitely look better… Continue reading Chevrons This Way and That
The dilemma with chores is always – should I totally wreck one evening, or wreck all the evenings a little bit each? I normally go for the “wreck every evening a little bit” option. This week I tried the other way. It was no fun at all on chore night, but has left me free… Continue reading Meandering Through the Mosaic
It was a chore night, so I didn’t get a lot of time to work on my Colorshift Mosaic Cowl. A little, but not a lot. It is going pretty well! The pattern is a little bit of a difficulty, but I can look at the project photo and work out what is supposed to… Continue reading Mosaic Knitting
Quite A Yarn 