Let  the Christmas knitting begin! This is Kate Davies’ Owlet sweater, which I’m making for my niece.   I’m using Cascade 220 Superwash yarn in a purple shade that’s a bit too dark to really be lavender. The beginning’s gone pretty well – I’ve gotten halfway up the body in one night.

Pattern: Rimefrost by Anne HansonYarn: Dream in Color Smooshy in the Goodluck Jade colorwayNeedles: 1.5 DPNs The Rimefrost socks for K are done! It was nice making socks again.   I’d forgotten how oddly satisfying it is turning a heel.    This pattern was nice – the pattern repeat is long enough to not be

I’ve had a request for socks (little known secret: now that I’ve figured out I’m pretty much a process knitter, as long as it’s not in cashmere, I will probably find a way to fit any knitting requests into my schedule…), so I’ve cast something on to keep me busy until my trip to NYC

Pattern: Argyle Purl Scarf by Jenna NunziatoYarn: Classic Elite RenaissanceNeedles: Size 9 circs This year’s Red Scarf Project scarf is done!     I really enjoyed this pattern – it’s not too hard, but the pattern repeat is long enough to hold my interest.    I did three pattern repeats more than the pattern called for to get

For a bit of a knitting interlude, I’ve cast on an Argyle Purl Scarf, by Jenna Nunziato, using Classic Elite Renaissance yarn.   This scarf will go to the Red Scarf Project. I’m liking the pattern so far.    It’s fairly simple, yet long enough to not get boring.    I’ve been flying along – I’m pretty much

Pattern: Palimpsest by Anne HansenYarn: Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud in the Horizon colorwayNeedles: Size 4 circs Wow.    In checking my notes, I cast this on on the last day of May.    So it’s been slightly more than two months.    I can’t believe I’ve managed that much project monogamy in that time. This

Back on the last day of May, I cast on Anne Hanson’s Palimpsest Stole, using some Knitpicks Alpaca Cloud yarn (Horizon colorway) I’ve had in my stash for a while. I bought this pattern back in March 2011, and it’s a good thing I didn’t try it until now.   It’s true lace, with the

Yeah, I may have gone a little crazy with the Pookies this week.    I finished the last of these new three last night.     Let’s see, they involve three different kinds of Cascade 220, Knitpicks Merino Style, Mission Falls 1624 Wool, and the Quince and Company Lark I’m using for the faces.   One of the Cascade

Pattern: Pookies by Barbara Prime Yarn: Malabrigo Worsted in the Tuareg and Vaa colorways and Quince and Co. Lark in the Chanterelle colorway Needles: Size 6 DPNs I bought this pattern with the intention of working through my worsted weight leftovers, and I’ve fallen in love.    My first go (a puppy) was finished in

Pattern: Soledad by  Annika BarrantiYarn: Knit Picks Merino Style in the Storm ColorwayNeedles: Size 4 and 5 DPNs and Circs I finished my Soledad sweater a little behind schedule, because I’d originally started out with the Age 2 size, and got almost all the way done with the neck when I found that what I