The stationery set is coming along! The “paper” sock is done, and boy is it a long one! It’s a little less than knee length. I did have to make a bit of a change at the end. The yarn has a little stripe of medium red toward the end – it wasn’t enough to… Continue reading Sock It To Me Monday
Scandinavian Sweaters, by Kristin Wiola Odegard, is exactly what it sounds like its going to be – a book of patterns to knit Scandinavian sweaters. There are a few accessory patterns here and there, but mostly it’s sweater patterns. There are cardigans and pullovers, designs for men, women and children. Most of the designs are… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Scandinavian Sweaters
Arnall-Culliford Knitwear is starting a new technique/pattern club called Confident Knitting. Just like their earlier clubs, members get a new project pattern each month that teaches a different technique. At the end of the 12 months, you will get a complete eBook. There is also an option for a physical book. There is also the… Continue reading New Technique Club from A-C Knitwear
A while ago I started knitting an Op Tiki scarf (Ravelry link) with two SE2SE yarn. The knitting was going OK, though the scarf was curling itself into a tube, in spite of a garter stitch border. Since I am at the halfway point, I decided to block what I already had done just to… Continue reading Something Actually Blocked Right Out
I have been working on making up a sort of freeform scrappy shawl using a Halloween yarn advent set I got in 2019. The yarn theme is Nightmare Before Christmas, which is why I decided on a scrappy theme. So far, I have this It’s not much of a start, but it’s a start. A… Continue reading Complications for No Good Reason?
One of the books I got with my birthday money is Squares, Stripes & Lice by Hanne Dale and Siri Angela Gamborg, and edited by Ann Kristin Ramstrom, The title refers to different patterns that appear in northern European knitting. The basis of this book is a history of the Norwegian knitting and textile industry,… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Squares, Stripes & Lice
Last week I started knitting the first of a pair of mismatch socks – the (Ravelry link) Stationery Set from Yarn Enabler. I bought this yarn a couple years ago, and I’m glad I did, as I don’t know that the dyer is still in business, though here is the link to her site anyway.… Continue reading Sock It To Me Monday: Stationery Set
I started my second SE2SE project this week – the (Ravelry link) Op Tiki scarf/cowl. It’s going well so far! It is a slip stitch pattern, so the fabric is a bit wonky as you can see. From the examples on the pattern page it looks like the wonkiness will partially block out, but not… Continue reading Feelin’ Groovy
Progress on my mobius cowl/shawl thing! Close up of the pattern so far I am about a week behind the pattern releases, but am feeling pretty OK about that. It was pretty straightforward for a while, but has just gotten a little crazy. I just started using stitch markers a couple rows ago, as when… Continue reading Round and Round
Quite A Yarn 