Have you ever dived into a knitting pattern and then gotten stuck on the project? Or worse, it didn’t turn out the way you wanted it to? It might not have been your fault, just a poorly written knitting pattern! I’m going to show you how to read a knitting pattern so the next time …
Remember my Cederberg Spacewalk progress post? It’s finally finished! I’m so very happy with how the colors turned out, and would love to use this color combination in another project in the future. This shawl turned out to be so very long! It’s much longer than a scarf! I usually like asymmetrical shawls but I …
Have you knit legwarmers before? I have been wanting to make a pair ever since I started knitting, but always put it off because all those fingering-weight rounds were intimidating! I finally found the perfect pattern in friendly plush worsted weight yarn in Felicia Lo’s Après sock pattern, from the book Operation Sock Drawer. These …
I’ve been wanting to make a Cederberg shawl for a long time but have been putting it off because it’s a huge undertaking (three whole skeins of sock yarn!) and I couldn’t locate the color combination I wanted to use. I fell in love with a limited time color (Intergalactic) that was only available through …
Have you tried knitting brioche yet? I just finished this Camella Hat in Dream in Color Cosette Grow and Ivy Snowbell, and I think it would be a great first brioche project! I purchased the yarn at a festival in 2019, and had planned to make a different brioche project with it. Can you believe …
I recently took the leftovers from my Sailing Strawberry Tea sweater and made them into a hat I call my Strawberry Tea Rambler! I never thought it was possible to make a hat in a weekend until this project! Brooklyn Tweed sent me a copy of Rambler by Irina Dmitrieva once in an order. The …
One of the things I’ve been focusing on this year is learning how to weave. I borrowed a copy of Inventive Weaving on a Little Loom from the library (and later purchased my own copy). I also purchased a subscription to the School of SweetGeorgia and have been enjoying the classes there! It’s not quite …
I finished my Laurel Mists shawl! After I opened Clue 5, I was both excited and completely demotivated by the lace! I put the project away for about a week before tackling it. It took me almost an hour to knit one row! Then I realized it was a 4 row repeat and for some …
Here it is! I finished Laurel Mists’ clue 4 just as the weekend was wrapping up. I suspected the mosaic motif would return and I was right! The colors shifted in the motif this time, with CC1 and CC2 used instead of the MC and CC1. I enjoyed watching the CC1 color shift in the …
Everyone who knits has some “stuff” they keep with them. Some people keep a lot of stuff in theirs, others keep just the essentials. I’ve found it can be helpful to see what other people have and use, and sometimes I find tools that I like better than what I already have, or something completely …