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 …
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. …
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 …
The past few days have been spent making hats. I jokingly declared to my husband that I would make a hat for every single day of the year. That seems a bit ridiculous, but it’s not completely out of the question if I end up with several different hats before …
It’s really hard for me to look at yarn and imagine it as a finished object, especially when it’s one of the ones I consider a fancy yarn. Such was the case when I stared at the purple Lion Brand Homespun yarn in my stash. I eventually settled on making …
I am so glad that no one will really see the bottom of this adorable flower hat that I made my for cousin who’s having a baby girl. Since they live in a warm, tropical climate, I made it with cotton yarn – Lily Sugar’n Cream. I held the yarn …
Sometimes I see yarn at the store, and I buy it because it looks kinda cool, like Bernat Softee Chunky Twists. Since I work mostly with solids, it has been sitting in my closet for years because I couldn’t think of anything to make with it. I settled upon the Ruby …
