Anne-Caroline and I have been emailing back and forth about doing a raglan in the round. Simple, right? The only sweater type that might be easier to knit is a drop shoulder. Here’s the catch though. She wants to do the sleeves a different color from the body. In the round. Have any of you […]
Fini!
all done! These socks were such a pleasure to knit up! It’s the first time I’ve knit a sock with cotton in it. Yarn Regia Cotton Surf. They come in big 100g balls and I have about 7 grams leftover. The yarn has about 40% wool in it which gives it a nice resiliency and […]
Perfect Match
8 To Go*
I’m past the armholes on the back now, so it should be smooth sailing! While working on it last night I thought some of you might like to see how I do the armhole curves. I think I saw this first in EZ’s Knitting Without Tears. You see how my edges don’t do any of […]
Knitting Meme
Amy tagged me for this almost 2 weeks ago! Where does the time go? 1. Do you knit continental or English? Continental, sorta. I hold the yarn in my left hand but I still wrap the yarn around the needle rather than picking it when knitting. My hands cramp up if I try to pick […]
I Got Yarn!
Coming home to 2 packages of yarn on Friday was just the way to start my wonderful weekend. Friday, Stella came over. We ordered in sandwiches and knitted the whole night. We seem to have started this semi-regular Friday night get together and it’s really nice and relaxing. We put on some Tivo and chat […]