Towards the end of 2018, I finished two knitting projects. One was a pair of fingerless gloves using the BonBons pattern with a super soft cotton/acrylic blend in “apricot jam”, aka orange. I made one glove years (years!) ago and lost enthusiasm to do a second glove. I re-purposed the yarn for a cabled hat…
Tag: knitting
{ a practical joke }
my office re-organized half the teams recently. one of my coworkers jumped to a new team that decided to call themselves the Kernel Hats. something about the Linux kernel and whatnot. i stopped listening, immediately filled with visions of corn on the cob and hat mash-ups. turns out the internet doesn’t have much to offer…
{ yarn stash }
recently, a friend cleaned out her yarn stash and gifted me some beautiful wools. i really didn’t want them to go straight from her stash to mine so I started a quick cowl pattern. this was my first fair isle color work, and it turned out quite nicely. however, i didn’t have quite enough yarn…
{ crafting and grafting }
As I finished off one of my knitting projects this week, I had to learn to graft using a Kitchner stitch. My go-to for knitting explanations is the Knit Witch on Youtube. It turned out alright, except that I pulled the stitching a bit too tight. It’s not an invisible join by any means. For…
{ cool breeze and falling leaves }
Fall has arrived! The days are cool enough for scarves, open windows, and mugs of hot tea. It also means time for knitting! I have two knitting projects in the works at the moment. This time of year, everything is a gift so this is a bit of teaser until the end of December. These…
{ summer knits }
I have a hard time knitting in the summer. While I love the warmth, the heat and humidity of Texas don’t lend to wearing many layers. Or, feeling very excited about cozy knits. However, I was with a group doing Friday Crafternoons and had a reason to pull out a project and get through it….
{ tiny fingers and toes }
It turns out that knitting baby hats is super quick and satisfying! Here’s my newest nephew sporting his little blue gnome hat. It’s the same pattern as the variegated pixie hat from the last baby shower. Knit up solid color this time. To be uploaded is a fun frog hat! The gauge was a bit…
{ little boy blue }
Oh, the joy of baby showers! Friends of mine have decided not to learn the sex of their baby so the shower was full of yellow and green. My gift was a knitted pixie hat that I adore. It should fit a 3-6 month old (just in time for the Texas winter) perfectly with a…
{ ho ho ho }
Last week, I mailed a package to my best friend. “Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday!” Yes, it’s April already. The scarf turned out perfect for her, but the purse was an adventure. It also ended up perfect EVENTUALLY. It took me several weeks of thinking before I finally figured out how to add a strap….
{ polar vortex }
For Christmas, my sister-in-law gifted me beautiful blue yarn. Just a few weeks later, I was ready when the polar vortex hit! This scarf is so perfect, I’ve worn it all spring. To Europe, to work, to check the mail.