For an entire year it’s been starting me in the face…every…day. I can’t miss it. It’s right there on my swatch board. A beautiful failure. A deeply flawed elephant. No, really…totally an elephant, honest. See it there – mocking me? Yeah, yeah, it looks kinda cool…from a distance. But lean in and discover the horrors… Read More The Elephant in the Room
I am on a mission. I have some firmly held beliefs about certain knitting practices and I intend to share them with anyone who will sit still long enough to listen to my rants. Almost all knitters want to knit better and faster (or at least more efficiently). If this is not you, feel free… Read More Combination Knitting Unlocked
Back in March, I set up a silent auction offering custom knit services to raise money for charity. You can read the post here. As promised, here are the results. When both auctions had closed, the winning bid for the accessory was at $100, and the garment lot was at $260. If I do it… Read More Knitting for Cause – the results show
I am such a smarty-pants-know-it-all. Patterns, shmatterns – when you really know what you’re doing, they are just guidelines, right? Sometimes, even the smarty-pantsest of us need to follow direction and take advice. Especially when doing something we haven’t done before… Steeks. That sounds a lot like EEEEEK for a reason. In case you’ve never… Read More Steek Learning Curve
How do I know I’m going to love – and wear – what I’m knitting? A bit of trial and error over the years, but I’ve also learned to LOOK IN MY CLOSET. Right. Duh. There are clothes you love, and wear the most, hanging in your closet or resting in your dresser drawer. Knit… Read More Knit it. Love it. Wear it. Part One
My delicious Podster Gloves are done! Whoo hoo! I know, they’re spectacular, thank you, but does anything strike you as odd? Exactly right! The left glove is larger than the right glove. You probably won’t believe me, but I did it on purpose. I finished the left glove first, making the large size (the pattern… Read More Chain Chain Chaaaaain…
As promised – current project on Nicole’s kneedles: These gloves are specifically designed for the hardcore smart phone addict (namely, moi). Not only do they have a convertible mitten top that exposes half-nude finger tips, they also have an adorable flip-back thumb tip for texting on the go – Brilliant! The pattern is the Podster… Read More I think I’m in glove…