Mystery Socks

A mystery no more! You may remember that Kirsten of Through the Loops worked up a mystery sock pattern for last fall for Socktoberfest – and here it is nearly June. I kept up with the clues, at least on the first sock, right up through week three, despite a very busy Autumn, and then [...]

A shawl and a remembrance

I pulled out the pins on this lovely over two weeks ago now. Felt sad, took some photos anyway; then folded it carefully and put it aside, intending each day to wrap it carefully and put it in the mail to it’s intended recipient. I’ve been trying to write about this every day since as [...]

The Bobble Sweater take 2

Now, I know how some people feel about bobbles. And I really can’t even verbalize why, but I love them – I just do. As a result, I fell in love with Bobble Blue within seconds of receiving my 2006 Spring edition of IK and began knitting it not long after. After a delay due [...]

Belvedere

I attempted an indoor shoot of my new socks yesterday in the afternoon light, but someone decided to be a camera hog:

This was actually quite an unusual turn of events. Middy is usually quite prissy & standoffish when I pull out the camera, but since I was using stealth mode (aka the camera remote) she [...]

P.S. Mitts!

I’m very pleased, and so excited to say that my P.S. Mitts pattern is now available through The Sanguine Gryphon’s Etsy Shop!
**3/17/2008 – Edited to update pattern link above to Gryphon’s front page on Etsy – my apologies for the link to the sold out listing!! This one should work much better – Thank you [...]

Wardrobe Refashion – The Sari-Scarf and Coop Cables

Finally, my first REAL refashioning (that is – not mending or maintenance)! I took a knitted item and re-used old items from my wardrobe and sewing box to complete it – and it was a lot of fun (despite my somewhat lukewarm feelings about the result)!
The knitting on the sari-scarf was completed weeks [...]