As is every knitter’s prerogative, two days before the beginning of Ravellincs I switched patterns. In one clear moment I realized that the Ivy League vest, although it had all of the challenges I’d set for myself and was likely a project I could complete in just over two weeks, would never look good on…
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…
I don’t know if this is how it is with other knitters but as a project nears the end I react in one of two ways. I may become over eager to see it finished and lose sleep staying up late to get a dozen more rows complete or ignore entire meals because they would…
The 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…
On 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…
The 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…
subtitle: 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…
I’ve finally finished my Blue Lafitte with Beads! This shawl turned out great and I’m quite happy with it – although I will say there could be more beads. There are a lot of beads on the Lafitte Shawl. But after blocking it I think more could be added on the last two charts –…
Generally I dye solid or near solid or solid-ish yarns. There’s a good reason for this. I love intricate stitches. Cables, lace, nupps, you name it. I hold that a busy yarn muddles the things and often hides the effort put into these elaborate stitches. On the other hand – or foot as the case…
The new Lafitte Shawl is off the needles! While it will be a short while before the test knitting is complete and the pattern is ready for release I thought a quick photo shoot would be fun. The inspiration for this pattern came while we were on vacation last fall in New Orleans, LA. We…