Dolores’ caftan is progressing nicely, but still not quite presentable. Hopefully will be there a bit later this week! The other thing I started working on last week was my Find Your Fade shawl. It is not a difficult knit at all. There are alternating sections of garter and a pretty simple lace. The magic… Continue reading Finding My Fade
Guys! We had a pop-up at our local yarn store! That never happens here (or almost never), so it was pretty exciting. I know lots of yarn shops in the lower 48 have this sort of event often – where visiting yarn dyers or manufacturers of some knit-related product visit for a day or a… Continue reading Pop Up!
I’m really wresting with whether or not to knit gifts for some of my coworkers. It goes without saying that my knitworthy friend Nora is getting something or the other. Maybe a cowl, maybe a phone cozy – I don’t really know yet. But something. It’s late November, so I have to decide quick.There are… Continue reading Merry Stitchmas
We’re getting there – the time of year when people start to think about Christmas gifts, then forget, then panic and just buy something at the last possible second. To help with this process, I’m going to talk about things crafters might like to receive as gifts. I plan to do at least a couple… Continue reading Christmas for Crafters
I finally finished the tuck stitch cowl that I started in September in the Tuck Stitch class with Nancy Marchant. It turned out OK! The stitch patterns in the top and bottom sections were Step Gable Tuck stitch and then the B version (color dominance variant of the same thing) in the middle. It’s not… Continue reading I Finished a Thing!
For those who have been reading along for a while, you may remember that this March I did a few experiments in felting, which I vaguely planned to continue someday. Well, that day is finally here! In the earlier experiments, I knit two equal sized squares each of 100% wool yarn and a wool/alpaca blend. … Continue reading I Felt a Curiosity 2
My Ixchel sweater is coming along pretty well! I have about 25 rows left for the body, and then ribbing. Toward the bottom, where I am now, the stars start to thin out, and there are a lot of rows with 12 or more stitches between single gold stitches. So I decided to go back… Continue reading Ixchel Update
Ixchel is moving right along! As I suspected, once the sleeve stitches were put off to the side, thing began progressing much more quickly. I’m roughly halfway there on the body, then just have the sleeves to go. As you can see, there is a little bit of puckering on the increase row that I’m… Continue reading More Ixchel Progress
After the great experience I had making my gray cardigan (of earlier post fame), I had been giving a lot of thought to getting a subscription to Amy Herzog’s Custom Fit site. I had been kind of thinking about it for a while, but given how well my CF experimental sweater turned out, it was… Continue reading NightSwatch
Quite A Yarn 