Truth. Goodness. Beauty. Yarn
I’ve had a new personal project going for some time now. It started as a way to burn through some stash. Years of knitting and crocheting have left me with dozens of bits and clumps of yarn, leftover from as many projects. Add that to the budget acquisitions (it was on sale), yarns that didn’t …
It seems I’m guilty of neglecting my crochet followers a bit. Since releasing my last crochet design in January of this year, I’ve released 6 knit patterns over 10 months. But I’m making amends now with three patterns in one—meet the Crossings set! This design has been bubbling away in the crochet lab for a …
Okay, okay. I know I said to expect a yarn review this week, and it hasn’t happened; and here I am talking about a new pattern. I’m sorry; but this is just too exciting. This is Fox Grapes, published by Quince & Co. as part of their new 5-pattern colorwork collection, Waterline. It’s a squishy …
Phew! September was an epic month around here. Le Soir has been well received and I’m so happy to see other knitters enjoying it; but it’s taken up quite a chunk of my time, which is why I’ve got a number of updates piled up that I’m excited to share today! The first one is …
First off, as P. G. Wodehouse would say, Kelbourne Woolens Andorra is the snake’s eyebrows. Let me elaborate. There are four—no, five—things that made this yarn seem like a good idea. First, Merino wool; softness. Second, Highland wool: sturdiness. Third, mohair: I don’t know exactly why, but it sounds nice. Fourth, 2ply: lofty, and gives …
Don’t ask me why, but right now I seem to think it’s a good idea to have a thousand balls of yarn hanging off my work at once. I tend to go through spurts—last winter it was lace projects; right now it’s colorwork of all kinds. Even though Facets has been published for several months, …
This post will kick off what I hope will be a running series on this blog, titled Favorite Finds. The series will feature work by other designers; generally speaking these will be independently published patterns, both knit and crochet. Most installments in the series will revolve around a particular theme, such as a specific style, …