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 […]
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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 […]
Got Lucky
The mail has been so much fun this week! On Saturday I got my final Better Pal package. I learned that my pal was Ann! Ann was a fantastic pal. We didn’t know each other very well beforehand, so she asked Katy for some help. Well the two of you did really well! The […]
A New Heel
I turned the heel last night. The change I made is pretty obvious, right? I used a garter stitch short rowed heel. Christy showed me her mermaid sock over the weekend and I knew I had to try it. Thanks for the inspiration, Christy! I also made a change to the way I normally do […]
Tess, finally
I’ve had this Tess yarn wound up for 3 months now! At first I thought I’d make gauntlets, but that didn’t take. Then I tried a few stitch patterns to use as a scarf but the colors were too bright and crayon-like for me to think I’d actually wear it as a scarf. In the […]