I always do my toe-up socks with the same tried-and-true cast-on, which I adapted from a doubleknit cast-on from Principles of Knitting. Over the years, I’ve showed a few people how to do this at … Read more
Just, uh, all the rest left. Pulling out all my yarn to document it makes me want to make a pile of it in the middle of the floor and just roll around in it. … Read more
Just old stuff, and I don’t have everything documented. And that doesn’t even TOUCH my stash. The stash will be a multiweek project!
I’m going to lose the rest of the evening on Ravelry, Flickr (moving projects from the blog to Flickr), and LibraryThing.
I’m back. The Big Fat Hater is back. We’re happy to be back. I destroyed our shredder and bought a new one that is huge and hungry and I think might be a menace to … Read more
There are actually TWO patterns from the new Knitty I might want to make. Mr. Greenjeans and Cherie Amour.
It wasn’t as bad as it could have been, from a “people watching” standpoint. Perhaps I jinxed that, but on the other hand I won of the knitting train grand prize bags. Heh.
Tomorrow, I’ll be taking the Knitting Train down to Stitches West. There, I expect I will buy many luxurious fibers that will go into the stash while openly mocking some of the fun fur monstrosities … Read more
Certainly if I had made it, someone would have told me about knitty’s new knitted turtle!
I like Serrano. I’m ready to do something a little more challenging, so if I can find some appropriate yarn in my stash this may well be my next project.
I need to learn how to do this. Even though it looks hard and kinda creepy, I think it’s time for me to learn a new nifty knitting skill. Two socks at once on 2 … Read more