There are a few people in my life who have birthdays coming up, and I wanted to get a head start on gifts for them. I don’t want to get caught up in any last minute hand-cramping moments because I didn’t manage my time efficiently. I managed to squeeze out two …
Winter and December descended quickly and seems to be leaving just as fast. The month hasn’t been as productive as I’d like, but I’ve put together a compilation of things I’ve completed so far. Let’s go back to the last week of November when I finished this hat. A co-worker asked me about making a …
After several failed starts as a hat, I finally got the message that this Loops & Threads Charisma yarn had other plans for its future. It definitely did not involve becoming a hat. It did, however, want to be part of a sheep. Maybe it wished it was wool instead of …
Easter came early! Well, only because of the white and pastel-like blue of this adorable Bunny in a Blue Dress that I just finished. I was looking to fill in some time between rest periods while working on a hat, and decided to use up some of this Lion Brand …
After my first pair of mittens turned out to fit my husband better, I jealously started a new pair. I became overly ambitious and used ChartMinder.com to mash up some Fair Isle patterns I’d seen floating around on Pinterest, basically a zig-zag pattern, some spaced out “snowflakes”, a tree-like shape, …
When I knitted up my first pair of socks, I didn’t really get the second sock syndrome because I cast on the other one right after finishing the first. I was scared I’d forget to follow my notes, that the cuffs would be different lengths, that I’d somehow mess up how …
So far I’ve been working with one color yarn only. I rarely even do stripes. But there are so many beautiful stranded projects I’ve been seeing on Ravelry lately, and I finally felt ready to tackle it. I knit Continental style, and I found a stranded video tutorial on YouTube …
Hats are easy and a great way to use up yarn in my stash. Because I can usually finish one up in a day or two, I feel extremely satisfied after another one has been completed. I had some leftover Lion Brand Heartland yarn from the beret I made earlier. …
When my husband and I spent a weekend in Galena, IL a few months ago, we stopped by FiberWild! Such a wonderful LYS; great selection, and the neighbor’s cat hung out there! Any store with a cat is an instant hit with me. I love yarn, but I wasn’t completely willing …
I had been looking for a short, light cowl to make and found Rothenburg by Alli Danielle. It has a lovely lace pattern and was a fairly quick knit. I wasn’t paying close attention and had to redo a row or two, but I caught my errors fairly quickly. I …
