I knitted a top with souvenir yarn from a trip, and here are the details and modifications I made!
I’m a champion!
I finished up some knitting projects recently, and have a great announcement about a shawl I’ve been working on since 2015. I finished the Nouveau Beaded Lace shawl I’ve been working on in black Baruffa Cashwool with silver beads: I took it to the Clark County Fair and Rodeo, which was April 12-16. When  I got there on […]
Finished a Few Things
I finished knitting a couple of things this week! First, I took a hand-dyed “sock blank” from Knit Picks (dyed around Easter) and transformed it from this: Into these: The pattern is Twisted, from Knitty. The sock blank was harder to work with than I realized. I had thought, for some brainless reason, that you […]
Handspun maple leaf shawl of comfort
Recently on Google+, a group of us decided to knit and crochet the Maple Leaf Shawl as a Fiber-A-Long in December. People went about getting their yarn and needles together throughout October and November, and wrapping up any loose ends of crafting before the month started. I started on December 1st and finished by the […]
Dragon Knitting
I’m following along with Kim Harrison’s dragon knit-along! This weekend’s homework was to knit 5 pieces of a wing: There are increases and decreases in these pieces, some of which are a little weird. I’ll be honest– Harrison could use a good technical editor (there are common guidelines she isn’t sticking to, and she has […]