I took some extra time off from work surrounding the Memorial Day holiday, so I’ve had extra time to knit. I can get a lot accomplished, I found, when not going to work. In fact, I’ve alm...
It’s Memorial Day weekend here in the U.S. and very warm here in the Washington DC area. A perfect time to go camping, right? Fortunately, my camp is a virtual one . . . Camp Loopy! Today is Da...
Well, it looks like we’ll be having a knit-along. I was happy to see such a positive response, both here and in the thread in my Ravelry group. The first piece of the pattern, the preliminary i...
A number of people have asked me if I was going to do another Summer Mystery Shawl, and until very recently, I had no plans to do one. But now I do. Summer Solstice Mystery Shawl Here are the details...
The Bigger on the inside shawlette has been blocked. As I mentioned last week, I have new Block n Roll mats. I purchased two of them, because the dimensions of the mat are 38 by 50 inches, and most s...
I’ve not yet blocked my shawl. Rather, I have been thinking of excuses for not doing so. It’s been one of those weeks — too many non-knitting-related things to deal with when I get ...
I finished knitting my Bigger on the inside shawlette last night. When I got home from work, I had this much of the edging done — about half of it. I finished the edging and decided I’d t...
I did finally finish the Time Vortex Lace section of my Bigger on the inside shawl, and on Friday night I picked up the 311 stitches required along the bottom curved edge to work the TARDIS section. ...
The Time Vortex Lace section of my Bigger on the inside shawl is slightly bigger. I was hoping to be at the picking up of stitches stage by now, but Real Life intervened and I am not there yet. But I...
Remember how I said I was going to block my second Bernadette shawlette on Sunday? Yeah, that did not happen. Instead, I wound up my cobalt blue yarn and started working on Bigger on the inside. I...
Last night I completed my second Bernadette shawlette, this one knit from Wollmeise 100% Merino Superwash, in the Pfauenauge (Peacock) colorway. The yarn comes in a 150-gram skein and has approximate...
While Lucy is a pampered kitty, she does work hard between naps. When I get ready to photograph my work in progress, she is always on hand to inspect it. (I’m more than halfway done with it at ...
I am making some progress on my second Bernadette: As I mentioned before, I am knitting this on a U.S. size 3 (3.25mm) needle — a size that I have been using a lot lately. All of these fingerin...
On Friday I finished my latest sideways shawl. Meet Bernadette: Bernadette is knit from Kauni Effektgarn 8/2, on a U.S. size 3 needle. I used approximately 120 grams of yarn, around 525 yards. It mea...
Lately I have taken to weighing my yarn. The last few designs I have done, I’ve knit according to the weight of the skein. This takes a lot of the guesswork and anxiety out of the process: Will...
And, it is pink. As you can see, I am more than halfway done with this wrap. The marker in the middle of the piece shows the halfway mark. Here’s a close-up of the edging: As you can see from t...
The Pattern for Sheldon and Leonard is now available for sale in my Ravelry shop. Sheldon and Leonard is a sideways shawlette/scarf/wrap pattern that is written for both fingering weight and sport we...
The shawl so nice I knit it twice. This is the same pattern as the green shawlette I showed in my last blog entry. That one was knit with approximately 400 yards fingering weight yarn (Madelinetosh T...
Here is the view from my hotel balcony in Chincoteague this past weekend. Lovely, no? SoXperience 2012 was great fun and a great success (well, as far as I am concerned — you’d have to as...
Behold my new work in progress: Here’s a shot without Lucy: While it is a sideways knit garter stitch piece, it is not ruffled and it is not Kauni. This is MadelineTosh Tosh Sock in the Jade co...
I have finished my giant rainbow-colored lasagne noodle. Please note that moments before I snapped this photo, Miss Lucy was stretched out on the scarf. She got bored and wandered off so I took the o...
I am very close to completing my rainbow lasagne noodle: I started with 130 grams of yarn. Here’s how much is left: So I must go knit! Lucy, on the other hand, is on the alert in case a bunny s...
I have finally finished the pattern for my Ruffles and Ridges Wrap and it is now available for sale in my Ravelry store. We did the photo-shoot yesterday. Doesn’t my model, Jennifer, look gorge...
Rainbow yarn is happy yarn. And here, in a surprise move, I am knitting something with ruffles. It is, of course, Kauni Effektgarn 8/2. In the rainbow (EQ) colorway. A scarf with a ruffle on each sid...
Today marks ten years that I have been writing this here blog. Yikes. What to read my very first blog post? Go to this page and scroll down to the bottom. There you will find my April 1, 2002 entry. ...
Here is my completed Ruffles and Ridges. I knit this from Kauni Effektgarn 8/2 (purchased from The Loopy Ewe). I lightly steam-blocked it and it measures 68 inches long, and 11.5 inches wide. I used ...
I was lucky enough to be sent a copy of Nora J. Bellows’ upcoming book Noni Flowers: 40 Exquisite Knitted Flowers. It is due to be published by Potter Craft on April 10. Remember when Nora Bell...
Here is my progress on my ruffled scarf: I’m a bit past the halfway mark. I’m calling this design “Ruffles and Ridges.” A friend (hi Sharon!) is knitting it along with me as I...
Kauni Effektgarn 8/2 is really testing my love. This week I have been in the process of knitting a wrap with a ruffled bottom edge, my own design, that I winkled together last weekend after much tria...
I have started yet another project using Kauni Effektgarn 8/2. Here is the label from the skein of yarn: The label states 140 grams. (And I paid for 140 grams.) I slipped the label off to weigh the s...
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