All Knitting All the Time
I had a fairly long list of things I intended to do this weekend, but what I mostly did was knit. I have myriad appointments this coming week and the New Baby will be here any day and what with […]
Charlotte’s Knickers
It was a lovely sunny morning followed by a good soaking rain. I continued my little holiday and finished Charlotte’s knickers. I’ll make the rest of her ensemble, but I did a little bit of sewing first. I completed the […]
Charlotte, Complete
The Baby has a new friend. This is Charlotte the Fox, from Louise Crowther’s Knitted Animal Friends. She’s knitted up in Scheepjes Stonewashed, main color Coral and second color Moon Stone, on #2 needles. I used Suncatcher safety eyes and […]
Charlotte the Fox
Charlotte the Fox has a head and one ear now. I knitted up the muzzle. The shaping is clever. We’ve been having our Friday team meeting at #1 daughter’s house. Today my grand baby called me “Kema,” which I take […]
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 […]