Over the weekend I was finally able to cast on for the cowl I’m working on! As part of my continuous reporting on “is my new toy useful”? I can say it was useful here during the cast on. I needed to cast on 264 stitches, or 24 x 11.… Read More »Casting on for a New Pattern
My Fireworks Festival Shawl is finished! Ok, so it needs the ends woven in and a good blocking to straighten the top edge. But all the knitting is complete and it’s bound off and I cannot wait to finish it. Unfortunately, blocking will need to wait until tomorrow. Such things… Read More »Bombs Bursting in Air
Last week I sent AwesomeE a picture of a finished cowl, and she responded that I must have finished it really quickly. At which point I realized I’ve been working on it accidentally in secret. It’s a fairly basic pattern, so it’s been my travel project for taking the train… Read More »Stealth Projects
Go to the Pattern Giveaway Supporting the Fiber Community during the Pandemic As I’ve mentioned a couple times now, I haven’t found myself with oodles of extra time during our shelter in place/self isolation. I still have a full time job, for which I am really very thankful, and if… Read More »Pattern Giveaway
We’ve had more sunny days recently, which has been nice for several reason, one of which will benefit you, dear reader. The cat is happy because sunshine + slightly warmer temperatures means we’re willing to leave the balcony door cracked open for her during significant chunks of the day. She… Read More »Taking advantage of sunshine
TheEnabler and I are largely staying home, except brief trips for fresh bread, and it’s a little odd to not have the house entirely to myself and the cat during the day. Luckily for us, we prioritized having a separate room for my office, which means he can work at… Read More »Battling Brioche and First days of social distancing
Today we had a lovely sunny day, so I pulled my camera out for some pictures. First up, I finally managed some decent images of the lovely Ocean Rain yarn I finished in February: I am incredibly happy with how it turned out, and it makes me happy to see… Read More »Sunshine and Fireworks
I was happy with my gauge swatch after washing – the stitch gauge was a little large, but the row gauge was small, so I figure it’s about the same amount of yarn being used and over time the weight of the finished shawl may stretch the row gauge. Anyway,… Read More »Fireworks have started!
I was really good and actually spun (or plied) for 20min every day in February. As a result, I have some singles and have completely finished my Ocean Rain yarn before the end of the day Saturday: I think it looks lovely, and I promise even better pictures in daylight… Read More »March is for Mending
Some of you may be wondering* “What happened to that Fireworks Festival shawl you were so excited to start?” Gauge happened. Or rather, didn’t happen. Normally, I’m a bit slap-dash about shawl gauge. If the fabric looks good, I’m happy. But this pattern is pretty dependent on finishing the whole… Read More »Gauge Games
