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

Stash busting continues.    Here’s a hexipuff in some Sophie’s Toes yarn I bought back in the early days of my sock making. I’m continuing to work on the Circle Scarf.    It’s been a nice, brainless project.   I’ll let it sit for a week at a time, and then I’ll work on it for several

Pattern: Fishies by Jackie ZieglerYarns: various DK and Worsted weightsNeedles: Size 3 DPNs Stash busting, part deaux! This is a fun little pattern.    I’ve been able to use up a number of little ends of yarn that I probably wouldn’t otherwise have been able to use.     These are stuffed with cotton, but if I can

Pattern: Hand Spring Fingerless Mitts by Micol DayYarn: Tess’s Designer Yarns Superwash Merino LaceNeedles: 1.5 DPNs Here’s another attempt at stash busting.     I had a fair amount of this lace weight yarn left over, and when I found a mitt pattern that actually used lace weight, I had to try it.   If