I know that there are people who swear by knitting two-at-a-time on two needles. I keep giving it a try, but I can never hold out for long. My latest try was on my sweater top, where by splitting front and back onto separate needles it was easier to try… Read More »Just couldn’t take it any longer…
One of my Saturday chores today was to gather the energy and willpower to head to the department store downtown and get underwear. It’s been increasingly clear as pair after pair of (embarassinly old – no, I won’t say) underwear has hit the dustbin that I need to get more.… Read More »Short rows are a busty gal’s best friend
I’ll spare you a photo of mine, but when I tried on the Zinone just before joining front and back, my suspicions that the armhole would not comfortably find my arm were confirmed. There was a nice little gap which could only be covered by serious stretching of the fabric.… Read More »Armpits and adjustments
I’ve been working on my Zinone top, and as I rather expected, I had a few things to adjust. First, it became clear that while the size I was working on promised an armscye 8.5in deep, I was not going to get this. I do not want a too tight… Read More »Avoid the Pools
I finised my Ergane cowl, in time to go with fall colors. We’ve had colder nights, bringing out lots of lovely oranges and yellows on the trees. At the same time, it’s been up in the 70s (around 23-24 C) during the day with plenty of sunshine and a fresh… Read More »Fall colors and a small case of “startitis”
I’ve been working on the buffalo silk cowl for TheEnabler on and off since August as an excellent purse project. The skein is 50g of lace weight and the pattern, Monroe, is basically k2 p2 ribbing for 14 of the 16 row repeat. Rows 8 and 16 aren’t exactly rocket… Read More »Cowl Conversions
Two weeks solid of a parade of guests it turns out is bad for blogging time. If I wasn’t hanging out with friends and family, I was working (it’s a bit too busy at work at the moment for two straight weeks off – and I want some time left… Read More »Guests are bad for blogging
I finished it. It’s completely cast off, and bigger than I fully realized. It covers more than half of our queen sized bed. I still need to figure out how to block it – I might just have to hold it under the shower… For some context, everything circled in… Read More »Holy Sheep It’s Done!
As I mentioned on my post yesterday, I’ve (despite a slow start last week) made good progress on the blanket. In fact, yesterday and today I made my targeted 12 rows per day and then some. I may even get a couple more rows in today. So I let myself… Read More »Rewards for good behavior…
The blanket it coming along. After a really slow beginning of the week, I’ve now just about caught up to where I need to be. It took me through Thursday to finish both sides of the next stranded colorwork sections: I really needed that done by Tuesday to be on… Read More »Just might get there…
