Knitting update
I know it’s been a while since I’ve had a knitting/spinning update, in the midst of the One Local Summer fiesta I’ve been having. I’ve still been knitting and spinning, honest! Now that it’s been half the year, I suppose we should go back and look at the knitting resolutions for this year and see [...]
Ravelympics 2010
Pattern: Trevi Designer: Anne Hanson Needles: US 4 (3.5mm) Yarn: Twisted Fiber Art Kabam in, “Kismet” -Ravelry Project Link- Wow what a project! This was knit over the 17 days of the 2010 winter olympics in Vancouver, Canada. Ravelry hosts a knitting olympics of sorts – I entered this project in the Short Track Shawls [...]
2009 Knitting Resolutions – Wrap up
2009 is over and gone, and I’m going to check through my list and see how I’ve done. 1. Clear the WIP queue from last year by the end of the month. There’s still one outstanding WIP from 2008 in my queue, but otherwise, I did pretty well on the clean-up! We’ll consider this one [...]
November Knitting Wrap-up
November is gone and it’s time to update on the knitting resolutions. 3. Knit one pair of socks per month Plain Old Socks Pattern: None – plain Stockinette socks Designer: Me? Needles: US 1 (2.25mm) Yarn: My Handspun from dkKnits Superfluff roving in, “Shooting Star” -Ravelry Project Link- I had so much fun spinning up the [...]
Seasonal Knitting
I’m starting off with a photo this time since, well, just look at that! This is a test knit for my friend Abbie who designed this wrap (also available in a scarf version). I finally got the french knots on and took it out yesterday on a Thanksgiving walk with the dogs to Valley Forge. [...]
Socktoberfest wrap-up
As promised, here’s the run down of the socks I knit during the month of October. Thrilling Jaywalkers Pattern: Jaywalker Designer: Grumperina Needles: US 1 (2.25mm) Yarn: Wollmeise Sockenwolle 100% superwash in colorway, “Thriller” -Ravelry Project Link- Still my favorite out of them all. The yarn has already proven to wear like iron and the [...]
October Knitting Wrap-up
It’s that time once again. This month absolutely FLEW by, so it’s time once again to update progress on my knitting resolutions. 3. Knit one pair of socks per month Thrilling Jaywalkers Pattern: Jaywalker Designer: Grumperina Needles: US 1 (2.25mm) Yarn: Wollmeise Sockenwolle 100% superwash in colorway, “Thriller” -Ravelry Project Link- This project is part [...]
September Knitting Wrap-up
YES! September is already over – can you even believe it? The weather got cool so quickly, I feel like fall just came around and slapped me in the face with a wet trout. Or assaulted me with acorns. No wait, that was the squirrels. Anyway, on to the knitting! Just going back, again, to [...]
Socktoberfest 2009
I’m sure this post will be of no interest to non-knitters, but here it is. Oh yes, the annual tradition of Socktoberfest is coming up on us quickly. October is only about three weeks away, and this means four glorious weeks of sock knitting during October. This also means I have to make a battle [...]
August Knitting Wrap-up
I’m actually on time! Back again to the Knitting Resolutions.. 3. Knit one pair of socks per month Handspun Wanida Pattern: Wanida Designer: Cookie A. Needles: US 1 (2.25mm) Yarn: My own Handspun -Ravelry Project Link- I’m fiercely proud of these. The handspun is a superwash BFL by Twisted Fiber Art that I spun as [...]