The Geo-Snow Begins
Here it is: the Geo-Snow shawl. I’m making it in KnitPicks Luminance, 100% silk laceweight, colorway Emerald. It’s on a #3 needle at the moment. It doesn’t really make sense to swatch for a shawl of this kind, since you […]
Argyle Efforts Continue
I redid the neckband, frogging it back to one inch and binding off with a size 3 needle. I’m taking out the most crooked rakers and redoing them, but it may just have to be … ummm… rustic. The tails […]
More of the Argyle
I decided to try adding guidelines in sewing thread to improve my chances of making the rakers accurate. I alternated among embroidering the rakers, taking them back out, and working on the neckband. In the end, the neckband is […]
Happy New Year 2019
It’s New Year’s Day, a final day off before we return to work full steam ahead. 2018 was a happy year, with plenty of family fun and community excitement. 2018 in the news was appalling. But personally, I had a […]
Knitting for Our Men
While I knit hats and scarves for men from a variety of patterns, I have made almost all the sweaters I’ve made for men from one go-to book, Erika Knight’s Men’s Knits. I’ve recently bought two more men’s knitting pattern […]
Christmas Hottle
A good hot water bottle with a pretty woolen cover makes a practical gift for practically everyone. People who love hand knitting can revel in the cables and use it to dress up their beds. People who don’t care about […]
Amy Herzog’s Ultimate Sweater Book
The argyle sweater vest I’m making for #2 son for Christmas has taken a turn for the worse. I may have to give up and make him something else. To distract myself from this knitting debacle, I am enjoying Amy […]
Argyle Fail
My duplicate stitch rakers don’t look that bad. But there is a serious flaw that I noticed last weekend: they don’t meet in the middle of the diamond. Therefore, they must be taken out and redone. I haven’t had the […]
Argyle Interruption
The Baby is going to be an old lady for Halloween, so I ran up a little floral dress for her. #1 Daughter’s mother in law was coming to town to help arrange the costume, so I needed to get […]
Argyle Torture
With a lingering cough and a bunch of meetings coming up this week, I spent a day mostly on the sofa. I took an outdoor walk first, but then I settled in with Netflix and my knitting. I spent the […]