At some point with every sweater project, I lose interest. The same old color and stitch pattern just does me in. I find myself daydreaming about something new — lace! smaller needles! a scarf! bamboo needles! pink! If it wasn’t for Rhinebeck I’m sure I’d have put aside St Brigid for a timeout — inevitably […]
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St Brigid’s got back
I finally cast off the back yesterday. It took longer than I expected because I had to decide how I wanted to do the hood on the front in order to determine how many stitches to allocate to each shoulder. I think I’ve come up with a great plan — I’m really excited and can’t […]
Set In My Ways
Who knew my sleeve discussion would elicit so many differing opinions. I really didn’t anticipate that. But, I’m glad it happened — it really got me thinking about what I wanted to do, and what defined “St Brigid” to me. In the end, I’ve decided to do a set-in sleeve with a saddle shoulder. Marnie […]
St Brigid All the Way
Kathleen and Vicki hit the nail on the head. It was the old guard article with the pic of Alice wearing her very own St Brigid that did me in. The moment I turned the page and saw that it was all over. I even picked a shade similar to hers. I find it interesting […]
Still time to vote
There’s still some time to vote! So far the most votes for a single sweater is 6 for the pewter coat (upper right in the big mosaic below). So if you get it right you’ll have a good chance at winning. I’ve been really enjoying reading the responses and the theories behind them. You’ve really […]
Sale shopping and New Projects and Rhinebeck Knitting, oh my!
I have a confession to make. I was — depending on your perspective — either a very bad knitter or a very good customer this weekend. this is a long entry. just to keep you going, i’ll let you in on a little secret — i finally selected what my rhinebeck sweater will be, and […]