One sock down, one to go. I made significant modifications to the pattern, considering the gauge difference between yarn and pattern and the way my foot is shaped. I have pretty small feet, but my ankle and heel are fairly large. I took notes on the pattern changes, so I guess we’ll see if I [...]
Tags: angora, cashmere, Etsy, lace, lessons, pattern, rare yarn, recycle, socks, wool
This weekend, Wendy D. Johnson came to Charlotte and taught an awesome workshop on toe and heel techniques at one of the local yarn shops, Charlotte Yarn. I learned how to do the two things I have been really wanting to figure out; Judy’s Magic Cast On and a slip-stitch heel for toe-up socks. I [...]
Tags: celebrity, dyeing, heel, lessons, mystery, new knitters, pattern, socks, wool, yarn
Last night I had a dream. This dream involved many things, but the part I remember the most vividly is picking up a half-finished lace wrap that I was working on and showing it to my mother. Somehow the lace looked perfectly blocked already, despite the project being unfinished. She ooh’d and aah’d over it [...]
Tags: conventions, diet, dreams, lace, mystery, pattern, stash, UFO, yarn
Two projects I haven’t mentioned in awhile: My lace virgin project is coming along nicely! I’m about 80% done with it, and am on the last ball of yarn. I’m finally good enough at it that I’ve stopped forgetting YOs and don’t need the lifelines as much. I’ve got the hang of the pattern and [...]
Tags: blocking, diet, labels, lace, mystery, pattern, stash, sweater, UFO, yarn
So, I’m doing the thing that everyone says you shouldn’t do. I’m making a sweater out of Alpaca. See the thing is that I love soft, bulky yarn. Alpaca is wonderfully soft. Not terribly elastic, so not great for a sweater with elaborate designs, but this one is plain stockinette with stripes. Of course that [...]
Tags: alpaca, clapotis, diet, geek, lessons, needles, new knitters, Organization, pattern, selfish, stash, sweater, yarn
I am knitting my very first lace project. Lace is simple, right? All you need to know is how to knit, purl, yarnover, SSK, and K2tog. It should be easy! Oh wait…I forgot count. You have to be able to count. This is where I went horribly, horribly wrong. For my lace project, I chose [...]
This month I started cleaning my craft room, and one thing has come to my attention: I could knit for YEARS with the supply of yarn that I have right now. Between sweaters to be unraveled, commercial yarn, and hand-me-down mystery yarn from friends and family, it’s likely that I would not need any more [...]
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