Since the alpaca cowl I was making was so simple, I decided to cast on something else a little more complicated to go back and forth between. BF had admired the pattern I had made for his younger brother’s Christmas hat, so I cast on one for him, using the Classic Elite Lana […]
Pattern: a simple stockinette cowl, by meYarn: Twillingate Farm’s Alpaca yarnNeedles: Size 8 circs So I’d tried to make a hat out of this yarn, and the heavier weight yarn just didn’t work in a more formal pattern. So I frogged that, and went with a really simple cowl instead. I believe this
This is a Lolo hat, by Jared Flood. I’m using the Twillingate Farms alpaca that L bought me. I have two skeins of that – one’s basically worsted weight, the other is fingering. I only have 50 yards of the worsted, and I really wasn’t able to find any patterns I
I’ve decided to do Cold Sheep for 2016 (from the LSG Group on Ravelry). The idea is to not buy new yarn for some set period of time in 2016 (with some allowed exceptions), and to knit from your existing stash. I’m going to attempt this for the whole year. My stash (see
Here we go – kind of a light year, really. Though I was doing shawls, and scarves, which tend to take a little longer.
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Pattern: Sky Scarf by Lea Redmond Yarn: Knit Picks Palette in the Clarity, Mist, Pool, Sky, Ciel, Ash and Silver Colorways Needle: Size 4 Circ It is so strange to have this project over. I’ve had a recurring task set up at work to remind myself to make a note of the sky
Here’s the final 2015 hexipuff stash – it’s up to 107, which means it’s in two bags now. 102 is the number for a pram quilt. If I can get up to 167, I can go to the next size up. I do still have some yarn that would go towards
Pattern: Cabled Dad Hat by Alexis WinslowYarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes del Campo in the Wellies Heather colorway, and just a touch of the Blue Moon Gaea in CorbyNeedles: Size 6 and 7 circs, and size 7 DPNs I managed to finish the three hat trifecta on Christmas Eve! Both BILs and
Pattern: Bough by Leila RaabeYarn: Classic Elite MountainTop Vista in the Peat colorwayNeedles: Size 5 and 7 circs, and size 7 DPNs. It’s weird how much the differences in a pattern eat yarn. I used the same yarn, and the same needles for this hat as the last one I made, and yet I
Here’s part two of the great BIL hat-a-thon (if I get this one done in a timely manner, it might become the great BIL and FIL hat-a-thon). This is Bough by Leila Raabe, also in Classic Elite’s MountainTop Vista. This time in the Seal colorway. (I think I’d initially
