Pattern: Hibernal Solstice Hat by Katie Herrod Yarn: Ewingston Shetland Wool (hand dyed) and Wing & A Prayer Farm Thelma & Louise DK (undyed) Needles: Size 5 and 6 Circs and 6 DPNs This was a quick, fun knit. I really enjoyed working with both these yarns, and I still have enough left to make […]

Pattern: Vivid by tincanknits Yarn: Cascade 220 Superwash Sport in the Really Red, Pumpkin, Daffodil, Blue Velvet, Baby Denim and Beet colorways Needles: Size 6 DPNs I finished the extra row on the Vivid blanket on Friday, and that definitely made the size better, so I’m happy to report, it’s done. I liked working with

Here’s the Vivid blanket. I called this finished this week, but as I was laying it out to take pictures, it’s just not quite big enough. I have plenty of yarn left, so I can do one more square per color. That’ll add another long row, and that feels like it’ll balance it out correctly.

The Vivid blanket squares are done. Well, other than weaving in. I did go back and redo the binding on several of them to make sure they were loose enough.

The Vivid blanket is coming along, now that I have enough yarn. I’m far enough in that I’ve memorized the pattern. Our weather has been snowier than it has been in a number of years, and colder than it has been in a number of years. So I’ve also gotten a fair amount done with

This is the third time I’ve knit a Hermione Hearts Ron hat, so I won’t do a formal finished post. This is a continuation of using up the Targhee Tango sport. Slowly but surely! In other stash busting news, here’s the last of the End of the World sock yarn. I only had about foot-long

There’s been a development with the Vivid blanket. The yarn I made the original one in is no longer available, so I ended up going with Cascade yarn. The original was in fingering weight, but I liked the colors in the Superwash Sport better, so decided to go with that. Sport’s just the next size

I’m doing a little bit of cross stitch as a palette cleanser right now, because I went hard on stash busting this past year. So I’m safe to post my completed projects for 2025. I intend to continue the stash busting next year as well – I’ve got a fair amount of patterns queued up

It hasn’t gone far yet because I’ve been distracted by other things, but the baby blanket for impending niece #3 has begun. I’m doing Vivid again because I really liked how it came out for M. This time, I’m going Cascade 220 Superwash Sport. She’s coming in April, so I’ll be ramping up on this

Pattern: Musselburgh by Ysolda Teague Yarn: End of the World Farm Fingering Weight Yarn Needles: Size 3 circs and DPNs Take two of this hat is done! I still very much enjoyed watching the colors change while knitting this yarn. With the medium size, I do have a bit leftover, so I’ll be able to