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Folks, don’t knit three adult-sized fingering weight sweaters at the same time. Not recommended. All that yardage, and those small needles, and so many rounds per inch…times three. It probably didn’t take much for you to figure out that that’s exactly what I’m doing. It wasn’t planned (that should also be self-evident, since it would …
I’ve never really been the girly type, but I do make a rare concession now and again. I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was working on a test knit for Wool & Pine Designs; the pattern came out yesterday, to much fanfare and celebration by all. It’s called Golden Fern and is one …
Most release days I know exactly what to say. I’ve been practicing the bubbly chatter and the rattling off of all the pattern details for a while now. A lot of times it’s all rehearsed and planned out weeks in advance. This time I haven’t planned anything, and the bubbles aren’t working today. Of course, …
Some ideas, well, have their own ideas; and my job is just to keep up. If you’re subscribed to my email newsletter, you’ll recall this skein of yarn from Olivia of YarnBaker, one of my favorite small batch dyers. This is her Pimpernel colorway. I love me a good rich, dark red, but it has …
Over the last couple of years, I’ve come to appreciate comfort knitting. In my personal knitting, I used to go for the biggest, hardest, most intricate patterns I could find—double-sided lace, wacky shaping maneuvers, funky construction. More recently, I simply haven’t had the mental energy. Don’t get me wrong, I still love all the odd …
The 2021 Indie Gift-A-Long is in the home stretch! I’d say it was winding down, if it weren’t for the fact that things are actually moving faster. The deadline approacheth… Then there’s the matter of this yarn—Autumn and Indigo Classic Worsted. I bought seconds and really have now idea why they were listed as such; …
It’s time to wrap up 2021—with one final release! Today’s release is actually two separate patterns, the Cluaran Hat and the Cluaran Mittens. After the Cluaran Cowl came out in October, I realized I wanted to put the same thistle motif on all kinds of other things. My first concept was a shawl (which may …
I’m going to make up for missing last week’s Indie Gift-A-Long update with a bumper post today—so buckle in, because this is gonna be a long one! My first finished object of this GAL is Stitch Oasis by CJ Brady (Ravelry link). I’m really thrilled with the way the yarn and pattern worked up together; …
This week’s post was supposed to be Indie Gift-A-Long Week 2. However, I’ve actually made next to no progress on my GAL projects, in part because I’ve been working on this: That’s right, there will be Cluaran Mittens and a Cluaran Hat! As soon as I finished knitting the Cluaran Cowl, I knew I wanted …
The 2021 Indie Gift-A-Long is already a week old, and I’ve got projects to share! Even though I’ve loved being a participating designer this year (thank you to everyone who bought a pattern—or patterns!), my absolute favorite part of the GAL are the giant searchable bundles of eligible patterns, and the KAL/CAL threads where we …