Banging Out a Sweater! This sweater is moving right along! The torso is finished, and I just picked up for the first sleeve. I did not knit the bobbles (berries) on the yoke because that would have meant carrying along a third yarn, sometimes for 1 bobble every 20 or so stitches. So I’m going… Continue reading Wednesday WIP: Crowberry Progress
My Crowberry (Bang Out a Sweater) is really moving along! But that’s not surprising given that it’s all I’m working on right now, and also – big yarn and big needles. I’ve gotten to creating the opening for the armholes started doing the yoke rounds. I have a few more rounds and the start of… Continue reading Crowberry Progress
Progress report on my Crowberry, aka the sweater I am * Banging Out. It’s coming along OK! I did have a little setback with it initially. I didn’t really do a proper gauge swatch and did not get gauge. So I did a little mathing and decided to just do the next size up. A… Continue reading Bang Out a Sweater!
I have some progress to report, but that will be tomorrow. Today I want to share some knitting news! The next Rowan Connect online will be the 12th through the 14th of April. They have a pretty cool lineup of classes and events, some free and some paid. The link above will take you to… Continue reading Knitting News
Progress!
I’m finally getting back to the pile of knitting books on my shelf! Most recently I read two books on mittens and gloves – both were very good in different ways. The first is not a new book. It was published originally in the US in 2011, so it has been around a while. For… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Show of Hands
So many shiny distracting classes, patterns, books and clubs going on right now! Because that’s how I roll, I’ve signed up for a number of the shiny distracting things that have appeared this spring. Starting March 1, I will be taking the Colour at Play online course with Felicity (Felix) Ford. This seems to be… Continue reading Aaaaaaalll the Shiny Things!
I started a pair of socks for DH over the weekend. I don’t know why the picture is posting sideway, but you get the idea. Socks! I’m not using a pattern, just my usual toe-up, two-at-a time method. The yarn is Lang yarns Horoscope One Twin Silk in the Aquarius colorway. I made him a… Continue reading Sock it to Me Monday
This weekend I took some online classes with Rowan Connect! Rowan offers online events throughout the year, sometimes just short previews of upcoming magazines or collections, sometimes multi-day events. This weekend was a multi-day event called Rowan Connect. They offered a bunch of different classes Friday through Sunday, and a number of complimentary events as… Continue reading Rowan Connect
Quite A Yarn 