OMG – Powdermill is finally done! I started this cardigan 1/1/2023 as a KAL with Alissa of Alissa Makes, so it’s been in the works for a little over 2 years now. It spent part of that time in time-out while I worked on other stuff, but still. That’s a long time to work on… Continue reading Friday FO – Powdermill!
Current progress on Powdermill! Traveling along on Sleeve Island pretty well! I am changing the sleeves a bit. In the pattern, they are straight and then balloon at the cuffs. I don’t love that style, so I am doing a very gradual decrease as I go until it gets to a reasonable width, then I’ll… Continue reading Wednesday WIP
This book is the end product of Kate Davies’ knitting club event for this year – a read along of several of Margery Allingham’s mystery novels accompanied by some lovely knitting patterns. The essays and patterns in this book were released periodically though the club time period. This club was a bit different from what… Continue reading Knitter’s bookshelf: Kate Davies’ Margery Allingham’s Mystery Knits
Some good progress to report today! My Homage to the Granny Square afghan is under construction! I got a layout I was happy with organized, and am putting together the center. After this, I have the crochet square border to put together and attach to the center, then a final border to crochet around the… Continue reading Wednesday WIPs
Wow – where did this week go? I think it just disappeared into a cloud of general business. However, I do have some crafting progress to report! On my gansey, I’m halfway done with the patterned part of the first sleeve. That’s a lot of qualifiers, but it’s slow going with a lot of patterning… Continue reading Friday FWIPs
A long weekend here in the US meant extra time for knitting for me, so pretty decent progress to report this week! My Homage to the Granny Square is coming along pretty well! Making good progress on the 2nd square type. Lots more to do, but it’s coming along 🙂 I’m now a little over… Continue reading Wednesday WIPs
Progress! Just a few more inches and I can start binding off for the shoulders. Then on to sleeve island 🙂
Like most years, my big holiday treat to myself is a yarn advent. This year I got Kate Davies Color Compass advent, and I am so glad I did! The best thing about this advent is not really the yarn (though that is great as well), it’s the activities around it. The Kate Davies group… Continue reading Color Compass
Last year I signed up for two different sock clubs. As the second of the two resulting books has arrived, I thought I’d review them briefly. Socks of Iceland by Helene Magnusson Socks of Iceland is a collection of sock pattern inspired by traditional Icelandic textiles. There is a range of techniques, including lace, colorwork,… Continue reading The Sock Clubs of Yesteryear
Quite A Yarn 