So I have the bad habit of strolling through the yarn selection at my local craft shop even when I really, really don’t need to be getting any more yarn. During one such stroll I found this wonderfully autumn-colored variegated yarn and ended up making off with two skeins of it for a future project. […]
Category: knitting
Finished! First self-made shawl pattern
In the previous post “December Double Trouble – part two” I introduced a shawl pattern I made up, and I have have now finished the main body of the shawl. I think it came out pretty nice! Since I ended up needing to buy a second ball of self stripping yarn to complete the pattern […]
Fandom Fun: Island Shawl
Growing up I played plenty of video games and one I remember fondly is “The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker”. As I’ve been expanding my knitting repertoire I thought it would be cool to make something from a Zelda game, however all I could find pattern-wise were simple green tunics and caps. This wasn’t […]
December Double Trouble: One Week to Post Them All – Part Two
I’ve been working on my own shawl design, and it’s been a bit of trial and error as I work out all the kinks in it. The initial idea wasn’t too hard to figure out because it’s a modified zig zag pattern, but my biggest issue was working out how much to cast on for […]
We knit a fine pair of socks
Guess who finished their first pair of socks! I am incredibly proud of myself for having completed not only one sock but two. Once the size was figured out making the sock turned out not to be super hard – just tedious. I can say I will likely make another pair of socks in the […]
Sock it to Me: The Heel Turns
May was one of the rare months where we got five weeks instead of four, so here’s a quick update on the socks I have been making: I have passed the heel! I would be even further along, however I made a mess when first knitting the back of the heal. I am going to […]
Sock It To Me
I have decided to finally try to knit socks. I will credit this to the wonderful little book I got from the public library which provided me with a simple, basic sock pattern. If you are interested it is called The knitter’s handy book of patterns: basic designs in multiple sizes & gauges by Ann […]
On a Wing and a Prayer Shawl: The Finished Project
I finished the shawl! That was probably obvious by the title of the post but I am very excited with how the shawl turned out. The colors look just as good as I had hoped and the edging turned out much nicer on the final project than I thought it would as I was working […]
Pre-planning for Ponchos
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 […]
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 […]