The cowl is done. I took a quick cell phone pic to see how the cowl fit. Ignore the sweats please – it was 6:30 am. After trying on the cowl I decided to add another inch. It’s so hard to keep going after you think you’re done, but the cowl is the centerpiece of […]
Author: jody
Obsidian Obsessed
I mentioned Obsidian in Friday’s post. I love the clean, modern lines – it really shows off a hand dyed. When I wrote that post I had no intention of casting on the next day. But then I got a text from Paul on Friday that his company’s Christmas party was Friday December 13th. I […]
Friday Faves: Single Ply Fingering Sweaters
I have 4 skeins of MadTosh Tosh Merino Light and I started searching for garment patterns for it. I realized there weren’t *that* many that fit my requirements of simple but with a little something extra. I don’t want a simple top down raglan but I also don’t want the fuss of a complex stitch […]
A dash of this and a Sprig of that
I’m sure you’re thinking you’ll see some updates on all the WIPs I posted last week but as it turns out I wasn’t done with shopping. Or casting on. It started on my commute Monday morning. I was listening to the latest Never Not Knitting podcast when Alana told us that she released Sprig. All […]
The big catch up – November 2013 edition
Hey there. Remember me? It’s been a month and I have lots to update you on so let’s get started. First, there was Rhinebeck. It was mine and Christy’s eighth year and one of the best weather-wise. As Christy said, it was cool enough to wear our sweaters but warm enough not to need to […]
It’s working!
I finally hit the spot where I needed to start the short rows for the straight bottom. After tons of pondering, “oh yeah, that’s the way to do it” I bit the bullet and just started. It’s only knitting right? There were a couple things that made this more complicated than the simple math I […]