Happy new year! I toyed with the idea of doing a big retrospective, but truthfully I didn’t do all that much crafty in 2011. We did A TON of work on our house and that took a good 6-9 months of concentrated effort. So I ended 2011 in a good place – a house with […]
Cable Dreaming
If you came here looking for an update on the grey socks, or the red socks, or the alpaca scarf, or Lintilla, or Audrey in Unst you can just move along. I have no updates on any of my WIPs! That’s not to say I haven’t been knitting (I have) – but a couple inches […]
New sock and Weekday cooking
I stopped at JoAnn’s the day after Thanksgiving and found a new to me sock yarn I wanted to try – Jo-Ann Sensations Soles & More (75% Superwash Wool, 25% Nylon). I’ve been looking for a good striped sock yarn I could wear with work clothes and this fit the bill. I decided to try […]
Resolution Training
Tis the time of the year I start to think about next year – what I want to achieve, what I want to improve, and most importantly – how I can make them happen. I’m in a great place with my knitting lately, largely in part because of my train commute. The 25 minutes I […]
Let’s Get Scarfy
I bought enough Shibui baby alpaca for a scarf and mitten set. Since the Ambroso mittens don’t include a matching scarf I had to come up with something that would work. When I bought the yarn I intended to make up a scarf pattern with the same Ambroso stitch pattern. I think using the two […]
Mitten Lessons
It’s been a long time since I’ve knitted something for the first time. I’ve been relishing this first time experience on the Ambroso mittens – it’s fun to do some knitting that makes you think, something a bit more than autopilot. This first mitten taught me several things: Thumbs need to be longer than I […]