Truth. Goodness. Beauty. Yarn
I freely admit to being grateful for the opportunity to do two yarn reviews in a row over the last few weeks (and to show off other people’s projects!). Between two birthdays in the family, some tricksy design decisions, and lots of ripping and re-knitting, I haven’t had much to share in the way of …
It’s quirky. It’s chaotic. It’s associated with grandmothers and great-aunts, and it’s festive. I am talking about fruitcake, of course; but my holiday knitting and crocheting bears some resemblance. It’s been a hectic month of crafting, even by my standards. Despite my festive delusions of working on potential Christmas gifts all year long, it just …
Despite the fact that it seems to barely get squeezed in around the more important parts of life (laundry! vacuuming! puppy training!), quite a lot of knitting has been happening hereabouts and it’s time for an update! The Tourist Shawl is progressing nicely, in spite of only coming out for an hour or two a …
As you may have noticed, I missed a few blog posts last month. Unfortunately for my gracious friends and relations, I’m a bit of a chatterbox; this uncharacteristic silence isn’t because there’s nothing to talk about, but because there’s too much that I can’t talk about—yet! I hope no one is getting tired of teaser …
No, I have not been recruited to nab a rare Egyptian scarab from the collection of an absent-minded English Earl; but I am indeed trying something completely new to me. I’ve been hearing about brioche knitting for many years, even before entering the knitting industry. Most of the projects I ran across in those early …
As hard as it is to believe (well, for me, at any rate), summer is almost here. However, as it isn’t here yet, this is what we’ll call an extended forecast, and as such is subject to change (like when you check your handy-dandy radar app and it says “Rain in 204 minutes”—ask me how …
When SweetGeorgia Yarns announced their Spring Make-Along, I immediately knew what I wanted to make; at some point I realized that I was the only participant daft enough to try for a sweater (in fingering weight, no less!), but amazingly there was no disaster. (Well, there was—a little bit; read on.) I bound off on …
Sweater knitters are many; but I’m not usually one of them. For one thing, sweaters are expensive—even something as budget-friendly as Wool of the Andes (which, in my view, is like the Costco rotisserie chicken of yarns) will add up when you need 10 balls of it. And then there’s the time commitment; design usually …
Kodama No. 4 is finished! When I took on the project, I set a deadline of December 14; the shawl was bound off two days ago, blocked yesterday, and unpinned today 24 hours ahead of schedule, which means that the total working time (not counting Sundays, where I let the shawl rest) clocks in at …