Why yes, it is! It’s the start of a heel flap. Sure, I know it’s traditional to get excited when you have finished turning the heel, maybe even to wait until after you have picked up the gusset stitches. And kilt hose are certainly traditional. Even TheEnabler assumed I’d finished the heel… Read More »What’s this? Could it be?
Since last January, I’ve been planning to go to Shetland Wool Week 2019. By this time next year we’ll most likely be back in the States, so this seemed my best shot. Getting to the Shetlands is no joke, even from within Europe, must less from the US. But now,… Read More »Roadside Beanie & Getting Ready
My Melaine cardigan is nearly done. Sleeves are finished, ends woven in, and it’s even been blocked. All I need now are buttons: eight little ones in an antique pewter is what I want. I am really excited it’s nearly done as I think it’s going to be a great addition… Read More »All but the buttons
I’ve hit an important milestone on kilt hose #2: the calf shaping is complete. This is a really important point of progress because it means from here on out I just need to reference the instructions at key points because the most complete construction and knot-work is finished. The front… Read More »Someday there might be two
A couple years back I was at the Montpelier Fiber Festival helping out Unplanned Peacock at their booth. I used one of my breaks to attend a nalbinding demonstration, and picked up a couple nalbinding needles to boot. What is nalbinding? It’s a really old technique (much much older than knitting… Read More »New adventures: Nalbinding
Or, more accurately, on the last arm. I finished all of the decreases on the left arm, and am setting it aside to work the right arm to the same point. Part of the reason for this is because I altered the decrease rate to account for a) my larger… Read More »On the last leg
I’m making some pretty decent progress on my Melaine cardigan. I’ve finished the entire body, including button bands and i-cord edging. The instructions tell you to bind off the bottom, then do the sleeves before returning to the button bands (pretty standard order). But I chose to go ahead with… Read More »Just a couple sleeves to go…
I was first exposed to the concept of “Misers’ purses” through the DMC booklet Magical Misers Purses. At first glance, the purse may appear sewn shut, but as you pull the front and back apart, it becomes clear that the row of chains is not merely decorative: they hold the… Read More »Beaded Seashell Miser’s Purse
So there are only two days left in Tour de Fleece, and let’s just say I’m hardly going to have the most impressive results. Neither Rumpelstiltskin nor the king would be impressed. But then the miller’s daughter wasn’t working a full time job as well. She probably didn’t let herself… Read More »Some progress with 2 days to go
Earlier this weekend somebody reached out to me via PM in Ravelry asking for help with the Frozen Leaves pattern, since I made it recently and they liked how mine turned out. They had two questions: where were the English instructions? and were the charts written out anywhere? because reading them would… Read More »What makes a pattern “hard”?
