Honestly, there are so many knitting distractions for me right now that they have become the plan. Here’s what I’m up to right now: Homage to the Granny Square – online class which will result in a crocheted afghan. This class just started last week, so we are still in color theory basics. So far,… Continue reading So Many Shiny Distracting Things
My Mom’s Flombre mittens are done! They are to go with the Flombre hat I knit a little earlier this year She very kindly wove the ends in, as I am pretty lazy about that. So that is my last FO for the year. Tomorrow I cast on a new cardigan, and continue on with… Continue reading Last FO of 2022
My third project for the Colour to Knit Club, the Flombre hat, is done! Flombre is made up of flowers and ombre, and is an exercise in combining two different gradients – one for the background and one for the flowers in the foreground. The yarns are changed over at different rates and in different… Continue reading Flombre Finish!
I just got my yarn for project 3 of the Colour for Knitting club. As you may have guessed, gradients are involved!
The second project for Felicity Ford’s Color for Knitting club is the Cheers! mitts. The idea with this project is to take a very variegated yarn, pick out some of the colors in the yarn and find solids or tonals to match. The variegated yarn is used throughout, and you use the matching yarns in… Continue reading Friday FO – Cheers! Mitts done
I posted earlier about a nifty new pattern/technique club from Knitsonik and friends – Color to Knit. The first project launched on May 1 – a scarf pattern called Brightlingsea. Along with the pattern, we got coloring sheets to color our own interpretation of the pattern. I did not want to knit the pattern as… Continue reading Color to Knit
In keeping with my strict personal rule of no more pattern clubs, I signed up for the Knitsonik and Friends Colour to Knit Club. The first pattern, Brightlingsea, came out over the weekend, and I am busy with ideas on how to adapt it! More on this to come, probably after this weekend. Do you… Continue reading Colorwork Fun!
Quite A Yarn 