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
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…
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”?
I promise that tomorrow I will put up a post of my new yarn treasures, what I have been knitting, and how Tour de Fleece is going. But we just got home from Amsterdam, and I have a kitten to pet. Or she says she will be claiming more than… Read More »Tomorrow
I’m totally running behind on my blog posts. So prepare for a bit of catch up over the next few. First, my knitting from the past week or so: I’ve made a nice bit of progress on my Melaine cardigan. This has been aided by temperatures cool enough in Germany (down… Read More »A bit behind…
I feel like I’m over the hump on my cardigan (or is that two humps?) I’m past the bust now, which means I’ve finished all my bust dart increases (and corresponding decreases) as well as my short rows. When I try it on, it looks good. The front edges stay… Read More »Over the hump
I’m making some decent progress on my Melaine cardigan but as I work on it, the thought has come to me… why do I keep doing this to myself? I’m working on yet another top on small needles in light weight yarn and it’s fitted. So this means: – takes a long… Read More »Why do I do this to myself?
