Lucy Hat
Instead of all the things I planned to make this weekend, I made the Lucy Hat. The reason? Mostly the wonderful feeling of knitting with Madeline Tosh Vintage. Mmmm. Also uncertainty about the Llama Wool Vest (is there another skein […]
Deliveries
I had two lovely deliveries today. First, Madeline Tosh Vintage, enough for three Lucy Hats. They threw in a little duffel, which might hold a pair of socks on dpns. The main colors are Dr. Zhivago’s Sky, Whiskey Barrel, and […]
Victoriana T #3
I did five pieces of the gray half of my Fall Collection a couple of weeks ago, and today I began on the burgundy side. This is the HotPatterns Victoriana T, which I’ve made twice before. This is a rayon […]
Routines Disrupted
Checklists help me keep to my routines as I should. But they also show when I am not following those routines consistently. I have fallen away from my good habits. A recent letter to the editor of a medical journal […]
Giftmaking Materials
I’m not sure whether this is more fortunate or more embarrassing, but it turns out that I have lots of Christmas gift projects for which I’ve bought the materials but not made the items. The Lucy hat, above, has been […]
Epic and Zombie
Here they are, the Epic and the Zombie projects. As I knitter, I must have a challenging Epic project filled with complexity and opportunities for error, and a Zombie project composed mostly of plain stockinette for when I’m tired or […]