Category Archives: knitting

My photographer isn’t here, so I had to figure out the self-timer thing on my camera. It didn’t work very well. You’re lucky I’m not making you look at blurry photos of me waving my arms around. Anyway, I knit … Continue reading →

The colors are pretty washed out in the photo. This is the beginning of the striped short-sleeve sweater from Sarah Dallas’s Vintage Knits, also known as the Special Kay sweater, since Kay kindly gave me the yarn! In the book, … Continue reading →

Hey! I finally finished the bolero thing! It actually turned out better than I had imagined. Those miles and miles of edging are in the past now. The pattern is from the summer 2005 Vogue Knitting, and I substituted KnitPicks … Continue reading →

You probably think I’ve gone bag happy and haven’t been knitting at all, right? Well, wrong! I HAVE been knitting, and I am near completion on the bolero thing from the summer Vogue Knitting, but I fear this is going … Continue reading →

Apparently Carolyn decided she had a few too many miles (seriously, she knows how many MILES of yarn she has in her stash) of variegated yarn, cuz I got a surprise package today*: Enough Phil Ruban to make the long-sleeved … Continue reading →

I tend not to show progress reports on my knitting projects, so it might not seem like I am knitting at all, but I assure you I am. Here’s proof: I finally finished my Nuthin’ but a T! It was … Continue reading →

So much to knit, and so little time! I just started on the Nothin’ but a T-shirt pattern from Magknits. I have two more things on my plate after this: -The Special Kay striped sweater from Sarah Dallas’s Vintage Knits … Continue reading →

I know most of the knitblog world is off to Maryland right now, but the rest of us can still have fun, right? Well, I finally finished my top-down raglan cardigan! Tadaaaa. I used the Incredible, Custom-Fit Raglan Sweater Generator, … Continue reading →

Check out this great magazine I was gifted! It’s from 1973 and has all sorts of crafty instructions. Here are some lovely long skirts you can sew: How about some knit halter tops? And my personal favorite–a cycling suit. Yup, … Continue reading →

I found some Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece (80% cotton/20% wool) in cherry moon in my stash, so I started the springy wavy scarf with it. The colors are a little off in the photo. I am making it narrower than … Continue reading →