So while this is done, I’m not doing the normal full write up because it’s part of a set – Poppa and baby hats for my BIL and niece.    Hers will be done in black and pink.    That one will be a bit more interesting – I have to adapt the pattern to

Pattern: Winter’s Fern by Trin-AnnelieYarn: Briggs and Little Heritage in Natural White, Medium Gray and Blue HeatherNeedles: Size 7 and 8 circs and 8 DPNs Here’s the beanie version of this hat.    Both of these are going to be donated – I love the pattern, but I don’t like the way it sits on

Pattern: Pussyhat, Four Gauges, in the Round, by Sarah KellerYarn: Valley Yarns Northampton in the Bright Pink colorwayNeedles: Size 8 circs and DPNs Just a quick little project, for a special request to have one on hand in case they’re needed again.    I had enough yarn to make one more that was almost as

Pattern: Winter’s Fern by Trin-AnnelieYarn: Briggs and Little Heritage in the Natural White, Blue Heather and Medium Gray colorwaysNeedles: Size 8 circs and DPNs It’s amazing how much easier it is a make a pattern when you’re using the same yarn for all three colors (please read with heavy sarcasm…)    This go was much

Let’s try this one again.   Here’s another go at the Winter’s Fern hat, by Trin-Annelie.    This time, I’m using the same yarn for all three colors.    (Briggs and Little Heritage).    I bought this from the close-outs at Webs, and got it out of the bag, and was shocked by how big

Pattern: Forest Park Cowl by Liz AbinanteYarn: I Knit or Dye Killing Me Softly Aran in the Natural Light Brown colorwayNeedles: size 8 circs Finally, I’ve finished a knitting project.   In the second quarter of the year.    My mojo was just horrid up until now!    This pattern was a lovely.   Easy,

This is the Forest Park Cowl, by Liz Abinante, using I Knit or Dye Killing Me Softly Aran in the Natural Light Brown colorway.   It’s a good weight of yarn, and the type of pattern I know I can do.    If I can’t manage to see this through to completion, I give up.

Whelp, the Blank Canvas Sweater is frogged.    I got up to the neckline, pre-shaping, and I could tell I wouldn’t have enough yarn to do the full shaping.    So I tried it on, to see if making it into a scoop neck would work.    And the torso was a smidge too short

I am apparently not meant to be making a hat right now.   I got about three rows into the actual pattern of the current (third) attempt, and realized I had twisted it when I joined it to knit in the round. I officially give up.    I’ve added the three recent attempted patterns back

The Blank Canvas sweater is doing much better.    I’ve finished the main part of the body of the 40″ size, and the fit is much, much better.    (Though I’m definitely lifelining the crap out of everything so I can start over at any one point, at will.) I’ve started out on the first