My birthday seemed like a fitting day to start on Susan Pandorf’s Evenstar shawl.   I purchased the yarn for it (Anzula Cloud’s Dusty Rose) back in the fall of 2011.     I’ve been sitting on it, feeling like I should be working through more my scrap yarn before tackling this pattern, but I’m pretty much done […]

Pattern:  Loria Mitts by Ashley KnowltonYarn: Berroco Ultra Alpaca Fine in the Oceanic colorwayNeedles: Size 2.5 DPNs Almost done with the Ultra Alpaca yarn!    I have a fair amount left, even after these mitts, but it’s an amount I’m comfortable finishing off as hexipuffs – I’ll be interested to see how many I get out

For the use-up-yarn side of the project house, I’ve cast on some Loria Mitts in what should be the last of the Berroco Ultra Alpaca Fine.   I’ll be adding these to the cache – I seem to always find a way to use fingerless mitts.

Pattern: Plicate by Hunter HammersenYarn: Berroco Ultra Alpaca Fine in the Oceanic Mix ColorwayNeedles: Size 5 Circ and DPNs This hat took a little longer than it really should have, because I tore out the original medium version, and moved it up to an extra large.   (The pattern is written in such a way

So, both to use up some more sock yarn, and because I sold some yarn and had a Paypal balance, I’ve cast on a Plicate hat by Hunter Hammersen, using Berroco Ultra Alpaca fine yarn.     It’s very early stages, as you can see, so no concentrate reports on the pattern yet, but so far, so

Pattern: Oddity Mitts by Mia HeikkinenYarn: Dream in Color Smooshy in the Goodluck Jade ColorwayNeedles: Size 2 DPNs In the further quest to use up sock yarn scraps, I’ve done another pair of Oddity mitts.   I really like this pattern – the cable is a lot of fun to make. I also do enjoy

Pattern: Nennir by Lucy HagueYarn: Claudia Hand Painted Yarns Fingering in the Teal Party colorwayNeedles: Size 4 Circs Once I got the right needle size, I really enjoyed Nennir.    It’s really fun watching the cables grow, and the pattern is complex enough to not be boring, but still relatively easy to do (as long as

I got bored with the Pookies.    So, here’s the Nennir cowl, by Lucy Hague.   I’m using Claudia’s Hand Painted fingering weight yarn, in the Teal Party colorway. I’m not going to lie, my first cast on was a disaster.   I used size three needles, somehow managed to drop a stitch in the provisional cast on,

This is what I’ve been working on knitting-wise lately – Pookies, trying to use up more of my worsted weight scraps.   (I’ve got #5 on the needles at the moment.)    I really do like this pattern – it’s super easy, and they’re so cute. The one thing I’m doing different with this batch is sewing

Project: Quest by Laura NelkinYarn: Quince and Co. Osprey in the Peacock colorwayNeedles: Sizes 5, 6 and 7 circs, and Size 6 DPNs My Quest hat is done.    Again.    This time, I did the medium size, and it fits! I really liked the pattern – the linen stitch was an interesting new stitch,