Well, both of the projects I’ve started so far this year have been frogged. In the case of the Blank Canvas sweater, even though I’m supposedly matching gauge, it was too big. I’d gotten all they way to the chest and where you pause before making and attaching the sleeves, and it was just
This is the Winter’s Fern hat by Trin-Annelie. I’m using I Knit or Dye Killing Me Softly Aran as the main color and Tess’ Designer Yarns Superwash Merino in Cobalt and Steel Blue Gray as the accent colors.
Just in time to end out the year, here’s the final dispensation of the Tess’ Designer Yarns Twinkle Toes in Cornflower blue. And, since I finished that relatively early in the evening last night, I cast on one of my planned 2017 projects. This is Blank Canvas by Ysolda Teague, using the Fibre
I gave up posting about Cold Sheep on Ravelry ages ago, since I wasn’t knitting much all summer, but I do still want to do a wrap up. I started the year with 13028.10 yards and 648 grams (for yarn I didn’t know the yardage for) at the beginning of the year. I ended with
Not bad, for a year of using up yarn, and then barely working on anything for most of the summer because it was just too darn hot.
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Pattern: Marilinda Socks by Cookie AYarn: Tess’ Designer Yarns Twinkle Toes in the Cornflower Blue colorwayNeedles: Size 2.5 DPNs I wish I had more of an excuse to make more socks – I love Cookie A’s patterns. This one was on the slightly harder side, mostly just because the pattern had to do interesting things
I’m done with the first Marilinda sock. I’d forgotten how much I love Cookie A’s patterns. They’re just so interesting! The pattern on this one had to split in a really neat way to get around the heel and onto the foot. Just so much fun. I need to make more of her socks. In
Here’s the final dispensation of the Knit Picks Stroll Tweed Down Heather yarn – a Cable Baby hat, some Better than Booties socks, and a hexipuff. (This isn’t the only one – I had a few from the last time I thought I was done with this yarn.) I still have plans for casting on
So we were supposed to go to VT this weekend, but one very sick BF kept us home instead. (Fortunately, if you can call it that, we had a fair inkling of where things were headed on Wednesday night, so I was able to run to the store to stock up on food for the
Pattern: Traveling Stitch Legwarmers by Lisa R. MyersYarn: Knitpicks Stroll Tweed in the Down Heather colorwayNeedles: Size 3 DPNs After taking a summer long break between legs, the Traveling Stitch Legwarmers are done. I liked this pattern – it’s got some relatively complicated cables, but with enough repetition that you can get used to the
