I attend a knitters group once a week when I have the time, and every once in a while one of the older knitters will bring in something from their stash (pattern books, yarn, needles) that they no longer need or use. Recently one of the items they were giving away was a book on […]
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To Search or Not to Search: Using Yarns Specified in Patterns
Despite liking to make patterns I don’t often go out of my way to try and find the yarn specified for a project in most pattern books. If I’m getting a pattern from a store or shop that also sells the specific brand of yarn I’ll look into it, but a lot of the time […]
Baby Blanket: Cherry Square
Because I have no chill, and I have the yarn, I have decided to work on another baby blanket. You will probably recognize this yarn from before when I was making the tulip lace baby blanket last year. I had so much yarn left over from that one I decided to try and make another […]
On a Wing and a Prayer (Shawl)
I got a book of prayer shawls called “Knit prayer Shawls, 15 wraps to share” shortly after I graduated from college in 2017. I have slowly been working my way through it making different patterns and I decided to make the prayer shawl “Sunny Days Ahead” last year. Despite getting the yarn for it I […]
Cute and Casual Cables
Perhaps a little counter intuitively, at the start of the new year I’m looking way back into my past to talk about something I did back in High school. Most of the memories of those days are getting fuzzier the more I move away from them – except for those really awkward memories we all […]
Baby Blanket: Forest Moss
So, I’m working on a new baby blanket and I’ve decided that rather than making every post numerical (baby blanket 3, baby blanket 4 etc) I’ll just start giving the baby blanket nicknames. I usually end up doing that anyway, so why not carry those nicknames over to the posts? I’ve nicknamed this one Forest […]
Stocking Throw Back
These are some stockings I made 2-3 years ago. We have an older set my aunt crocheted with our initials on them that we’ve used for years, but as my sister and I got older I thought it might be nice if we had a family set that with stockings my sister and I could […]
A Colorwork Conundrum
Pictured are a pair of colorwork fingerless gloves I made some years ago. At the time I was working at an office building and I noticed that sitting next to the window in the winter things got a little chilly in my cubicle. I decided to knit myself some light fingerless gloves as they would […]
It’s Officially Sweater Weather Season
I want to knit a sweater. I don’t know what kind of sweater, but a burning desire to make a sweater of some kind has struck, and being confronted with a new obsession has made my old concerns look small. Yes, I have only knit flat pieces before. Yes, I will need to take my […]
Pumpkin Problems
I can admit I have a pumpkin problem. I like just about everything about pumpkins. I like their colors, I like the shape of them, I like the way they taste either baked into a sweet or savory dish. Heck, I like the way they feel when you hold them, the smooth skin and hefty […]