I’m pretty sure I am not going to finish another sweater before the end of the year and as I am going to be out of town and in fact in another country, I am working the publish-later trick. Tricksy, that’s me! You’d never guess it, but I managed to finish 12 sweaters this year. [...]
Read More..>>I gave the sweater to my sister K on Christmas Eve. I’m going to take this shot (excuse the poor indoor flash shot) as proof that she likes it: she gave me finger guns! finger guns! It fits, the color suits her, and I think she likes it! Success. Pattern:inspired by Adrian’s (hello yarn!) wave [...]
Read More..>>For Christmas, Santa Mom — always an enabler — gave me two knitting-related books I wanted. One is Cat Bordhi’s New Pathways for Sock Knitters: Book One. Given that I am, shall we say, bored with traditional sock construction, I thought this book might help rejuvenate the sock mojo. With two bins (maybe 60 pair [...]
Read More..>>Phew! I finished the big handknit project for this holiday — a sweater for one of my sisters (I hope she doesn’t read this post before tomorrow afternoon!) based on a sweater I’ve long been inspired by — Adrian’s (Hello Yarn!) Wave Yoke Sweater. I even swiped her wave pattern for the yoke! I added [...]
Read More..>>No photos, but I am currently fighting the urge to start socks: Firestarter Socks (top link) by Yarnissima. Check out the gorgeous socks on the KAL page. Ah, the gorgeous gusset. I have 5 tons of appropriate sock yarn but no time for personal sock knitting right now. Maybe at the end of the month…
Read More..>>Two sleeves for the holiday handspun stranded yoke sweater thing (heh) are done: two sleeves: done! Yes, the pattern at the cuff is slightly different than the previous version (seen here). I thought this would fit with the sweater as a whole much better. I hope the mismatched cuff color isn’t too… strange. I’ve started [...]
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