I have been knitting my fingers off lately. I’ve had a myriad of ninja projects going on that I can’t share right now. However, there are a few projects that I can share and here they are!!!!! New Pattern: Maine Morning Headwarmer I took some of our hand dyed chunky alpaca and created […]
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Continue reading about Fantastic Fiber Friday – Blocking a Project Part 1
I’ve finished the area with decreases from hip to waist. Since there was about a 10 inch difference between the hip and waist almost as soon as the ribbing was done I started those decreases. I had to go from 262 (131sts front and back) sts to 210)(105 sts front and back) sts at the waist so […]
Continue reading about Still “I think I’ve lost my marbles sweater” part 4
That is what I am going to call this sweater – The I think I lost my Marbles Sweater. After I finished the writing up the pattern I got started immediately. Cast on 262 stitches loosely (putting a marker at 131 stitches) and joined in the round adding a second marker…..I know it doesn’t need […]
Continue reading about Knitting the ” I think I lost my Marbles Sweater” part 3
Just to backtrack and set the scene.I decided it was high time I make a sweater for me that fits. Since most of my sweaters end up back in the yarn stash, this is quite a commitment for me. I’ve settled on making my own vanilla sweater pattern . I’ve been studying the greats of custom shaping […]
Continue reading about Starting a New Sweater (or have I lost my marbles?)
The first thing I decided to do was pick a yarn, needles and do a gauge swatch. I decided on a worsted weight I had about 1500 yards of Berroco ultra alpaca in my stash. I grabbed some size 7 needles and cast on 30 stitches, I tried to keep the edges from rolling so […]
Continue reading about A Sweater the Beginning – (Still thinking I Lost my Marbles)
Well my rude tunic is back at it again. After 3 days in the corner you would think it would know how to behave. However hanging in the corner it seems to have stretched a bit too much.What is a girl to do with naughty knitting to except match up the other side by hanging […]
Progress is going well on the Evoking Autumn project it’s nice to have some easy knitting after the last crochet saga. Perfect for a CSI or NCIS marathon!!!! I forget to add the pattern I was using for this project is Alva by Karina Westermann Aren’t these colors amazing????? Ready for the close-up???? […]
As promised I’ve finished writing up the Serenade Crochet Scarf Pattern and it is now available here. I will get it on Ravelry soon as well. I’ve already jumped into the next project which is a simple triangle shawl in The Fiber of My Being’s Evoking Autumn mohair, silk blend in lace weight. It’s amazingly […]
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