Monthly Archives: January 2007

I shouldn’t have been surprised that you wanted to see the inside of the ladybug hat, since I always want to see inside others’ colorwork. But it never even crossed my mind. Here’s the inside of the hat: Those are some really long floats, right there. And some fairly tight knitting, too. It’s not pulling  Continue Reading

The big bad swatch, the big bad swatch… I’m taking a page from the EZ craze and “swatching” with the little hat, which seems like an entirely sensible approach to me. Please excuse the crappy, curling-like-the-dickens, unblocked colorwork photo. It’s cute, but full of annoyances so far. It curls like crazy, the yarn has already  Continue Reading

There are just a few inches left on the second sleeve, so showing you a full progress shot seems like spoiling a surprise. But wouldn’t you know it, today’s shots actually showed the true color of the sweater. So here’s a peek: As you can imagine, I’m pretty bored with the stockinette at this point.  Continue Reading

Things are moving right along with the Shaped V-Neck Cardigan, and that makes me super happy. It’s both neat and gratifying to be able to try the sweater on me and the mannequin. I’ve been modifying the pattern in response to how it fits, and I’m winding up with a very flattering, nicely shaped sweater.  Continue Reading

Hubby doesn’t have the greatest track record with respect to knitted things. Every single sweater I’ve pointed out has been dubbed “ugly”, he basically only wants knitted things out of sport-weight or lighter in charcoal or black. In other words, your typical guy. Until last week, the only thing he’d ever requested was a 1×1  Continue Reading

I pretty well can’t wait for my dressform to arrive. (Yes, of course I ordered one about 37 seconds after writing that last post. And why yes, I do have an impatience problem. I’m very, very close to dividing for the armholes and adding the bust short rows on the Shaped V-neck Cardigan. I really  Continue Reading

So, here’s the deal with the Friday Harbor sock. I did get one done, although true to form it’s too narrow for my (shapely?) foot/calf. Jacob was a willing model, of course. The real problem, though, was the yarn. Caveat: This is just my opinion! I know there are lots of folks out there in  Continue Reading

Squeaking in under the wire, I present the Phyllo Yoked Pullover. Pattern: The Phyllo Yoked Pullover, from Knitting Nature by Norah Gaughan Yarn: Rowan Caaaaaaaaalmer, 8 balls Time: About 3 weeks? This was a very fast sweater to knit. Modifications: Absolutely none Other Thoughts: This was my last holiday gift, knit for my BFF in  Continue Reading