I’ve been working on lots of projects this week. It’s been fun to play with different yarns, needles, and colors. I’m not certain that all three projects will stick, but that’s OK. Sometimes the experimentation is all that I need. And, they’re all out of stash yarn, so all it cost me was a few […]
FO: dragon scarf
I wasn’t kidding the other day when I said I was trying to be more focused with the number of projects I had going at once. While there’s no chance I’ll become a one-project knitter, I am going to try to be more deliberate and committed about what I knit. I like the process, but […]
How I Got My Knit-Groove Back
Has it been two weeks already? Wow, I didn’t anticipate how long it would take to write my next post after St. Brigid, but in a lot of ways I needed the break. In my last post, I mentioned that knitting St. Brigid taught me a lot about my knitting. It’s taken me a couple […]
St Brigid: FO
alternatively entitled, the post that took 3 years to write It’s finally done, and I find myself at a loss for words. I’ve been done for a full week now, and I still can’t quite believe that it’s true. I knit St. Brigid There were many false starts (including one I never documented). I’m not […]
dragon scarf: the start
Oh how nice it is to not be knitting something cabley, heavy, and green. My fingers have been aching for something different. I really thought I’d want to start some colorwork mitts I’ve been coveting, but after getting back from Rhinebeck, this little scarf was just begging to be knit. I have to admit that […]
rhinebeck re-entry
Rhinebeck was great. Re-entry was really hard last year — 6 hours of driving on Sunday after a long weekend, so I took today off too. I didn’t buy a lot this year. I’m getting much better with my festival purchases. Pictured above are 2 of the 4 purchases I made: morehouse merino dragon scarves […]