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 […]
Category: knitting
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 […]
Sock Drawer Secret
So I’m going to start this post with a confession: I have never knit socks before. I have wanted to knit socks before; thought about knitting socks, looked at patterns for knitting socks, drooled over sock yarn and even bought a few skeins. Those skeins are currently sitting on top of my yarn stash, a […]
Climbing Up and Down
Funnily enough I was interested in knitting a zig zag blanket long before I began knitting. It started in elementary school when we were reading the book “Esperanza Rising” by Pam Muñoz Ryan. In the book the main character, Esperanza, is taught to knit a zig zag blanket by her grandmother and the grandmother’s description […]
Blanket Blocking
I’ll be the first to admit I’m not terribly good at blocking my knitting. Even though I’ve been doing it for a while I’m never sure if I’m doing it quite right. I’ve read all the Reddit threads, I’ve looked at videos, I’ve read other blog posts. Most everything I’ve ever blocked has come out […]
Appreciating Endings
Sometimes, while a project is a lot of fun, there comes a point where you’re just glad to be at the end of it. Sure there is an almost meditative feeling to knitting row on row of a blanket, but eventually your fingers start to hurt and you’re going a little cross eyed from making […]