The past few weeks I’ve blogged and uploaded several videos detailing some of the more interesting bits of my Autumn Colors Fair Isle cardigan by Betts Lampers. This is a complex and entertaining project that I began on the way to STITCHES West last year, which was the last big event Lost City Knits attended…
In the last video and blog post I demonstrated how I was knitting two sleeves at a time with steeks on one circular needle on my Autumn Colors Fair Isle cardigan. Now it’s time to cut the sleeve steeks and graft the seams of the sleeves. This video shows the prep, little as it is,…
This morning as I was knitting the first round on my current sweater (Autumn Fair Isle by Betts Lampers from the book Sweaters From Camp) I found an error that I’d made last night. In this short video I demonstrate how I fixed those stitches without ripping out the entire round.
Before leaving on any trip the first thing I do is pack my knitting bag. My clothing gets shoved in the backpack in a matter of minutes, which explains a lot about why I often end up packing the wrong clothes for whatever weather we encounter, but the knitting gets special attention. This was to…
The past few week’s knitting has been devoted entirely to hands and feet projects. The two socks from the last post are each coming along nicely. Stalagmites from the Cookie A. book Knit.Sock.Love require concentration because of the intricate cables but I am thoroughly loving them. The DVD Socks are completely rocking the bright orange…
I’ve finally bound off the Chrysanthemum Mittens that I cast on for Hillarey last year for her birthday. She knows about them so there will be no surprise when pulls them out of her stocking next weekend. That’s okay right? I still have to weave in the tails and there aren’t many. My plan is…
Remember those cool mittens I was knitting for myself two posts ago? Apparently I’ve gone mitten knittin’ crazy because I’ve cast on another pair as a late birthday gift for Hillarey. This time I’m knitting Chrysanthemums by Hedda which are in the Winter Knitty.com issue. A slight modification is the edging. I just didn’t care…
I’m dealing with some stuff here. Svar gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”);document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”)); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-xxxxxx-x”);pageTracker._trackPageview();My dog’s neck has a tube in it. It wasn’t beavers that Tess was fighting with. It was wild boars. She tangled with the them again this week. She has…
As I scooped malt-o-meal at breakfast I was writing a blog post about design problems with the Equinox Yoke Pullover. It’s been simmering for days and needs to be composed in a clear manner. But morning chores came first and when I took the no-longer-warm wood ash out to the lavender field I knew the…
I’ve been working on the Equinox Yoke Pullover lately because I want to wear it Saturday for our annual farmers market meeting. The dark brown main color yarn and all but four of the other colors in the yoke and sleeves are from my friend Lisa’s llama farm. Lisa is our market manager and all…