The Coffee Bean Cardi being a gift, I’ve also cast on a hat to go with it.   This is Tinker, by Wooly Wormhead, and I’m using more of the unending stash of Classic Elite Renaissance in Cardinal.   This should actually be the last large scale project I can do with that yarn.    After that, it’s

Pattern: Little Coffee Bean Cardigan by Elizabeth SmithYarn: Quince and Co Lark in the Bark colorway, Cascade 220 Heathers 9489 (red) and Quince and Co Osprey in the Peacock colorwayNeedles: Size 7 DPNs and Circs and Size 8 DPNs and Circs Here’s the Coffee Bean Cardi – all done.    I’m pretty happy with it.    I

I was almost done with the Hermione Hearts Ron hat when I realized there was  no way I had enough yarn.    However, I had gone up a needle size to compensate for my tight knitting, and I was able to determine that the hat was plenty stretchy, so I went ahead and ripped it out,

Pattern: Evenstar Shawl by Susan PandorfYarn: Knitpicks Gloss in the Sterling colorwayNeedles: Size 4 circs and DPNs Here’s Mary’s Evenstar shawl, which is blocking in my bedroom as we speak. I still adore the pattern, and the Gloss yarn is a heavenly to work with.    I really wish I had more excuses to made

If you were only reading my blog, it would seem that I haven’t been knitting for a while.   I actually have been – the Evenstar shawl has been taking up all my time.   But I’ve made one before, so regular updates just didn’t seem necessary. I actually finished it last week, knowing I’d need to

So on the heels of the Flicker socks, I finished off the Risata yarn with a few more hexipuffs.    The nice thing about these ones is they’re different than my regular color palette, so should lend some nice contrast. After that, I was a little bit of loose ends, because I was waiting for

Pattern: Flicker Socks by Cookie AYarn: Knitpicks Risata in the Fairy Tale colorwayNeedles: Size 1.5 DPNs I’d gotten this pattern in a swap a while ago, and I’d also been holding onto this yarn for a while (quite a while – it’s discontinued), so they seemed a like a natural fit for a quick project.

Flicker sock #1 is done! I forget how much I like making socks.    There’s just something so enjoyable about turning a heel.      And they’re such a nice, discreet size.    Even if the pattern is a bit of a slog, it never seems like it’s going to keep going on forever.    (BTW, this pattern is not

For my next project, I’ve cast on Cookie A’s Flicker socks (a pattern I was given in a long ago swap) with my Knit Picks Risata yarn, in the Fairytale Colorway.     Yet another yarn in my stash that turns out to discontinued.   I didn’t realize my stash was getting so old.

Pattern: Fino Scarf by Jocelyn TunneyYarn: Schaffer Audrey in the Dian Fossey colorwayNeedles: size 6 circs I more or less used this pattern as a base.    I added a provisional cast on, but ended up using a three needle bind off to finish it off, because it was just easier.   I suppose grafting would have