I finished the hoodie on Sunday. I will likely go back and resew the sides to be a little more close fitting (it’s pretty loose right now), but for the most part, it’s a great pattern – the fit in the sleeves and bust it great. I can totally see myself making this in different […]
With the year winding down, it occurred to me that if I really want to include the Palimpsest shawl in my 2012 projects (I did finish it in August), I really should block it before the end of the year, so that happened yesterday. Since I don’t have enough blocking mats, I ended up doing
I recently purchased the Sewing with Knits class from Craftsy. If you sign up for the site and don’t buy anything for a while, they’ll send you a class for $19.99 offer (and they have sales occasionally as well), and 20 bucks for a class with five patterns included seemed like a pretty good deal.
After the events of Daughter of the Forest, Hugh of Harrowfield has left Harrowfield to stay with Sorcha and her family at Sevenwaters. They’ve had three children – Niamh, Sean and Liadan – and Sean has become the heir to his uncle Liam. His twin sister Liadan is heir to her mother’s power – she’s
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It’s come to my attention that my niece has been growing a bit more than I had initially given her allowance for when I made her Christmas gift. Fortunately, I have time to remedy that, so here’s an Owlet Sweater, part deux, in the 18-25 month size. This time, it’s in Quince and Company Lark,
Pattern: cable baby by Pamela W. AllenYarn: Tess’ Designer Yarns Peruvian Sock YarnNeedles: Size 3 DPNS In casting on the Annis Shawl, since it has so many stitches, and during the lace portion I can only hack one pattern repeat a work night, I decided to find another sock yarn using up pattern to do
I decided cast on something entirely selfish, since I’ve been doing Christmas knitting so many projects in a row. This is the Annis Shawl, using Knitpicks Alpaca Cloud, in the Tidepool Heather colorway – quite possibly my actual favorite color (it marries both blue and green!). So far, so good, even though it does involve
Wise Child is the story of a girl in a Scottish island village. She’s living with her grandmother because her father is away at sea, and when her grandmother suddenly dies, she has no one to take her in, except Juniper, the village wise woman. Of course, Juniper is widely believed to be a witch,
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Pattern: Fallberry mitts by Anne HansenYarn: Three Irish Girls Beckon Merino in the Silver Bay ColorwayNeedles: Size 2.5 DPNs I’m definitely on a mitt roll – these are going to be for my SIL S, whose birthday is the day after Christmas. I’d forgotten how much I enjoyed this yarn – it’s a little bit
We drew names for Christmas this year (big family blow out – my out of state siblings and families are coming in, as well as my aunt and cousin from New Mexico). I did still want to make something for everyone, so I settled on jam. And since the Heavenly Fig Jam I made earlier
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