Oh yeah, she’s done! First off…a public apology to all those I took down with me on this one. Oh my, this was a boring knit. Yes it was a very long repeat…but guess what? Every row was pretty much the same — just off by a stitch at a time. Ugh! The results, […]
Month: November 2005
Vous voulez tricoter avec moi?
edited to add yarn info and sizing below Last week when I posted about this sweater there seemed to be a decent amount of interest. To my knowledge, the pattern only comes in French — a perfect candidate for a knit along, non? Let me know if you’re interested and if there are enough people […]
Thanksgiving Socks
Specs Pattern Jaywalker. 84 stitch sock at 9 spi (pattern recommended just under 8 spi but I liked the yarn better at 9). Yarn Tess Super Socks in an unknown coloway (if I had to guess I’d say Confetti). Is it just me or does Tess not mark the hanks with the colorway? Yardage […]
i love lace
I’m teaching a beginner’s lace class at Woolbearers in March. I’ll be using the leaf lace shawl by fibertrends. I thought it would be a good one because it: uses a simple provisional cast-on includes both line-by-line instructions and charts works well in a variety of weights — especially nice for beginners I’m using lacey […]
Sugarplum
I joined the Handknit Holidays KAL. Was there ever a doubt? I have a couple small projects in mind from the book, but I gave in and bought yarn for the pullover that I fell in love with the first time I saw it. I wanted to modify the colorway a bit so I went […]
Friday Inspiration
I haven’t had any real focus on sweater projects lately. I want to knit a sweater — I just keep getting pulled in all directions. I’ve been looking though lots of blogs, galleries, and some of my older knitting mags — looking for that *perfect* sweater to draw me in. Then this morning I got […]