I’ve been merrily working on Lintilla and I’m still in love with the pattern. It’s clever and perfect commuting knitting. I can stop at just about any point and pick it up without issue. Of course, this assumes I actually look at where I left off. Otherwise, I might spend an entire train ride knitting […]
Inspiration Abounds
Driving back from Rhinebeck last Sunday, Christy shared that she hasn’t been this excited about knitting in a long time. I agree! Between the cool fall weather, the gorgeous FOs, the sample booth projects and the yarn – oh, the yarn – I’m exploding with new project mania. It’s a good thing I finished sock […]
Rhinebeck Recap, 2011
Rhinebeck was a blast – as always. Christy and I got up there late Thursday night and spent Friday knitting, watching Gilmore Girls on DVD, planning out shopping for Saturday and avoiding the sporadic downpours. Fortunately Saturday was much less wet – although it did rain hard for 30 minutes around 2 o’clock. But you […]
Sizing
It was time to measure the bodice now that I’ve got a few inches of the stockinette portion done. I’ve been SO nervous because 7 inches of 200+ sts at 6 SPI is a lot of work. I’ve got my knitting mojo back and I want to keep it that way. So I threaded some […]
Insta-Fall
I woke up this morning to insta-Fall. It’s breezy with a high of 60 and the faint sound of rustling leaves in the background – gorgeous! I’m on my second load of autumn clothes in the wash and dug out all of my hand knit socks. Love this season! Speaking of cooler weather clothing, I’m […]
And the winner is…
I really enjoyed seeing all the comments come in and hearing from both old and new readers. It was a lot of fun! Making Waves, Maggie and Peasy were your top three. But my top choice is Audrey in Unst! I love the combo of lace without frilliness and think it will be super-versatile – […]