Amid all the other things I’m doing this winter, I finished a pair of convertible mittens for my friend and housemate, Suzanne. The pattern is the Line by Line Mittens to Gloves pattern, by Knit Picks. The yarn is Louet Gems Sport (brown and teal) and a little bit of Shibui Knits Sock that I […]
Running out of the 40’s
I posted about this on Facebook this week, but basically, the 2013 “My Year in Temperatures” scarf, which I have been diligently working on for 11 months, has ground to a screeching halt. The color I use for the “41-50” range, Dale of Norway Lerke in “Petro” or “Petrol” (I remember it as “Petra,” but […]
For Years of Sweater Knitting
Pun intentional. This week, I finished a project that was 4 years in the making: This is John’s handknit sweater, made with Wensleydale Longwool, a long-staple wool I bought in England in 2009. I started knitting at the end of October that year, and knitted on the drive down to Las Vegas when we moved […]
Cutting Words
4 years after measuring and starting a sweater for him, and John’s body has changed. He moved some of his waist into his chest– looks great, except now the sweater which I just finished, is tight across the chest. The pattern is Andy, from Knitty. As you can see in the pattern, the body is […]
You know what I haven’t done in a while? I haven’t talked about knitting!
And I really ought to, because I did something brave last week. Really, two things. First, I knitted this: It’s my first real entrelac project. I used a handspun yarn that I got in my RedditGifts exchange last year. Pretty and I made it a button scarf because it’s a 1-skein project and it’s not […]