On the way to the Knit 1 Oxford Fiber Fest I knit the last rounds of stockinette and the lower ribbing of the Bressay Dress. Once we arrived at our hotel I soaked the lower six inches and hung the dress to dry knowing that a full soak and block would take much longer. My…
DetailsWe’re thrilled to add The Talimena Shawl to our Lost City Knits pattern selection.We think you’ll enjoy it as well. Running 54 miles from Talihena, Oklahoma to Mena, Arkansas, the Talimena Drive provides evidence for the saying that you shouldn’t go to southern Oklahoma at night, because in the dark you’d miss the beauty. The…
DetailsChris, just making conversation while waiting for Denise to finish a row: “So, is that stockinette or garter stitch?” Denise, just wanting to finish a row: “This is stocking stitch.” “So that is stockinette, right. Same thing.” “Yes. Same thing.” “So why not say ‘stockinette’?” “I pretty much did. They’re synonyms.” “Fair enough. So…what is…
DetailsLost City Knits started as a blog years ago not long after I learned to knit. Then it developed into a business and it seems that last year I blogged less than ever before. That does not mean the year was a quiet one for us. We had a wonderfully busy 2013 here at LCK…
DetailsI awoke one morning this winter with a vivid dream still in my head of a fabulous formal garden in the pasture outside our house on the farm. Don’t get me wrong — the pasture is beautiful, but it’s full of native grasses and, to be honest, some weeds and thistles. It will never be…
DetailsThe nearest town to our farm of any size is Tahlequah, which is about twenty miles away, and when we make a run into town, we take one way, or sometimes the other way, too often without exploring the dirt roads and blacktops that create the maze in between. They are out of the…
DetailsOn cold winter evenings the old farmhouse can be comfortably heated using just the old woodstove, and there are usually enough windfalls around the farm to keep a season’s supply of oak, hickory, sycamore and black walnut. The stove does well until about three in the morning, when a chill blankets the room and…
DetailsThe Vitamin D sweater is off the needles just in time to bring a little sunshine into the late fall. This sweet little cardigan was knit using only three skeins of PathWays Sock Yarn (colorway Rumplestilskin). It’s a great sweater weight for tossing over a simple t-shirt and jeans for anything from a quick trip…
DetailsFriday as I dressed to go into Tulsa to enjoy an evening football game I happened to put on a small shawl that I’d never photographed for my Ravelry project folder. This is the Confidence Shawl knit using PathWays colorway Bittersweet. I love how the subtle shifts of deep orange to red to soft orange…
Detailssubtitle: finding sweater mojo For several years now I’ve struggled to find sweater mojo. Where’s my groove? I cast on sweaters. I frog sweaters. Sometimes I frog them before they get very far and sometimes they are near completion before I finally toss in the towel. Back in May 2010 I cast on the Nonpareil…
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