After I posted yesterday I went over to Elann to pick out the red shades to undo my new and “improved” color scheme I cooked up last week. And guess what? They were out of the reds I wanted! Last week they had 50+ of one of them! Argh…. I finally sucked it up and […]
Fair Isle Lessons
Phew that was fast! My Elann order was delivered to me yesterday! I nervously opened the box, hoping I was going to like the colors all together in real life. I did! The colors on the site were very true. The suspense of what the yarn would look like all knitted up together got the […]
Winter Knitting
This is the first summer I’ve really tried my hand at knitting garments for warmer weather. I love the concept — to be able to wear things you make year-round. What I don’t like, however, is what it feels like when knitting most warmer weather yarns. I know this is no great discovery. Many other […]
Fair Isle Sweater
Well, I did it. I ordered the yarn for this fair isle: I’ve had it on my mind since I first blogged about it 2 months ago. Doing the FI on Cheesylove gave me the confidence boost I needed to know I could give this a try. I know Cheesylove was easier, but I think […]
Random Thoughts
Maude I’ve decided to retire Maude. I’m now at a point in my weightloss where there’s no way of salvaging Maude. While I hate to see the yarn be wasted like that, I’m not very upset. Being too small for something is just fine by me! Teaching Knitting A friend is opening a knitting store […]
Cheesy Tank
I redid the front of Cheesylove this weekend. Technically, I redid it twice before I got it right. It’s about 3 inches shorter from the armhole to the top than it was last week. I’m much happier with the way this looks now. The problem was actually how quickly the neckline decreased. I was […]