I’m making decent progress on Obsidian. I made it a goal to be done with the yoke this weekend and I’m there. Phew, the party is less than 2 weeks away! Not surprisingly, I find myself daydreaming about a more intricate project – thick, cushy cables mostly. Makes sense since the lows have been in […]
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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 […]
She has arms
I knitted as much as I could this week (not nearly as much as I had hoped though) and got to the armholes. I can finally really see a color change! Oh, and I tried it on and it fits too. Phew. Up next is binding off the arms and then lots of straight knitting […]
Yarn has been acquired!
And I’m in love. So much so that the anxiety over screwing it up made it so I couldn’t bring myself to CO the day it arrived. Have you ever experienced that? I finally settled on a size, acquired the right needles and cast on by mid-day Saturday. I’ve only done a few rows but […]
Zooming along
So yeah, two weeks in a row for Moyen Age. I only wanted to work on this throughout the week so I made some good progress. I just have a half a repeat left before I get to the waist shaping. So far it’s been smooth sailing. The only mod I’ve done is to change […]
Losing Count
WIPs that is. I was hooked as soon as Moyen Age was published a few weeks ago – great cables, fitted silhouette, awesome neckline. I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I vowed to wait until I found the right yarn and that finally happened yesterday when I came across 4 skeins of Tosh Merino Light […]