This is Salade de Fruits from La Drogeurie in the Peaches in Syrup colorway. This is a bamboo/cotton blend, very soft and pretty. It came as a kit, with the pattern and buttons included. I’m making Villelaure, a straightforward raglan […]
I went to Paris with a list of four knitting shops to visit. La Droguerie is the one I ended up going to, and it was an excellent choice.They describe themselves as “color merchants in the trtadition of those shops […]
Debbie Bliss’s Baby Shrug, in her Baby Cashmerino. With hat. The hat is from Little Red Window. I knitted the bow “knot” and attached it with crochet instead of wrapping it and sewing. I love this set!
Yes, I’m packing for Paris, and putting a reasonable amount of thought into it. But the question of what knitting project to take is more difficult. I’ve started two lovely projects in Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino, which is quite a […]
I completed the baby blanket made from Organic Cotton from the lovely Lambspun yarn shop in Ft. Collins. It’s half Copper Mallow Flowers and half Forget Me Not. Very soft and highly textured. The pattern is also from Lambspun. It’s […]
I saw this idea at Pinterest: a reversible blanket with Minky on one side and quilting cotton on the other. #1 daughter and I got all the office furniture out of the room that will be the nursery. We had […]
#1 son brought his family over for dinner last night. We played Apples to Apples after the meal, and I chose “rain” for the adjective “fragrant.” Entirely coincidentally, it is raining today. The sound of the rain last night lulled […]
Here’s a traditional knitted layette set. It’s the Elizabeth Zimmerman baby sweater and the Lullabye cap and bootees. There should also be a blanket to match. That’ll just be gull stitch with garter stitch borders. Gull lace: Row 1: k1, […]
I made great progress on another baby sweater during the road trip. I’m not wild about this sweater, frankly. The color, the yarn… the length of the sleeves… This was a Craftsy kit, including the yarn and pattern. It’s an […]
I finished the gull stitch cap to go with the gull stitch jacket.This was obviously not a sewing project, but I was very tired on Sunday night for some reason. I did the main seams for a French terry gown […]