It’s been a busy few weeks. I’ve been knitting, albeit less frequently and simpler projects. I’m making decent progress on Buttercup – I split the yoke for the body yesterday. I’m now in the “knit, knit, knit” portion of the body, which is exactly the kind of autopilot knitting I need right now. A few […]
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Another Sunday, Another CO (plus an FO in waiting)
First, I’ll tease you with an FO. Contrary to what the pic looks like, I did not knit a pink volcano. You’re looking at the blocking pic. Once it’s dry and I have time to do my hair (uhm, next weekend?) I’ll show you an FO pic. Now, for the new stuff. Last month, I […]
Goal Check in – February
It’s mid-February and time for a check in on my goals. Every year I post goals and then I…don’t talk about them. I’m changing that this year. I blogged about my goals in early January. Here’s a recap and where I’m at now. Continue with weight loss. I increased last year’s goal to 15 pounds […]
Cowling Around
I spent a lot of time this past week looking for THE pattern for one of my summer yarns. I finally decided last night to make up a pattern myself. I’m using the hempathy and I’m making a top down raglan with a drapey cowl in the front. I’ll be able to wear it to […]
Cold weather knitting, warm weather dreaming
The mittens are moving along after some drama on Monday. After knitting three repeats I admitted the cables were pulling in too much.Take a look. Those cables span one half of the stitches. They should cover the whole front of the mitten. I ripped back to the ribbing and gave 8 more stitches to the […]
Yep, another new project
I started a new pair of mittens. I still have a hankering for some more cables so these will have a swirl of cables going up the front. I used the same stitch counts as I did for my Ambroso mittens since they fit well. You can see the start of the thumb gusset and […]