Well, okay, so my son’s friend asked for a beanie with a Maltese Cross on top.
It took 2 weeks, but this is what I’ve come up with, for the first round, at least:
There is a bunch of futzy detailed short-rowing, plus a whole lot of increasing/decreasing. I messed up the curvature of the outer edges [...]
Okay, so five of the six Silk Scarf & Dura-Lace combo sets from yesterday were spoken for before they were even dried and the scarves pressed.
That leaves this one remaining:
With a bit of a closer shot here:
Instead of selling this one, I’m going to make it the drawing prize for March — all [...]
Yesterday on FB I suggested I would use up some extra laceweights and some long-leftover silk scarves, dyeing them together to be sold as combos.
Here’s the bunch of them straight from the pot (after cooling overnight), still wrapped in the scarves:
And here they are (starting from the bottom of the above picture) individually, unwrapped, with [...]
Way back last summer, I lifted this picture of my friend Fran’s son’s back yarn up in Washington, on Lake Dawn:
and then I manipulated it to determine the predominant colors:
And then made a preliminary dye test:
And now, after all these months, I finally have a pair of socks!
and even better than that, they fit … [...]
Well, no … I know WHAT I did: selected colorways for retirement.
And I sort of know why I did it: (1) these were waning in popularity; (2) I would often have to do just 1 or 2 of a given colorway, while the recipe makes enough for 5-6, thereby creating a LOT of wasted dyes. [...]
Okay, first up….. this went out to all my regular lists and venues:
Selected colorways will be retired from the regular colorway line-up at the end of February, and will no longer be available for purchase. Now is the time to stock up on the colorways you like before they’re gone.
These have been specially marked down [...]
Back when I first learned to knit, way back in high school, there were two stitch patterns that I learned, and just recently they’ve been nagging at me to duplicate… or replicate … or whatever that word is that means copy.
One of them was suitable for a scarf pattern, about 48 stitches wide, if I’m [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day, Y’all!
Check it out: More Blog Reader Specials. Be sure to EMAIL with the name of the one(s) you want, and I’ll send you a PayPal invoice for them. Please note that pricing is different across the various types of yarns, but all are discounted from the regular prices. Regular shipping rates, based [...]
Okay, so it took longer than I expected, but miles of miles of garter stitch can be draining.
Knit from two partial balls of a cotton/Modal blend from a manufacturer other than my regular mill, it’s a rather straightforward bias-knit washcloth.
I used a size 3 circular needle, but you can also use straights, in [...]
WHEEeeeeee! Twice in the same week!
Check it out: More Blog Reader Specials. Be sure to EMAIL with the name of the one(s) you want. Please note that pricing is different across the various types of yarns, but all are discounted from the regular prices. Regular shipping rates, based on weight, will be added to your [...]
Taking a break from skeining and packing everyone’s orders for shipping this afternoon/tomorrow morning.
Father’s Day is in June. What can you knit for Dad with one or two skeins? Yeah, yeah … everyone knows about socks. But what about a necktie? Or a felted coin bowl? or a cap with a pocket? I’m thinking [...]
I think that was the first time an entire collection of Blog Reader Specials was taken entirely. Very COOL! And Thank You, everybody. Everything ordered from that collection will be shipped tomorrow morning (or as soon as payments clear)
The dye jobs that were done yesterday are hanging to dry, which leaves the extras that were [...]
I started the day thinking I had a handful of skeins to post. Turns out there are 25 items below (if I counted correctly). They all have to leave here this week. After you select the ones you want, please do tell your friends to pick from the rest!
NOTE: This posting supercedes all prior postings [...]
