One skein of Quince and Co. Osprey yarn is exactly enough to make the large size of the women’s Quest hat.    I know this because I bound one off last night, and tried it on, and promptly looked like a three year old playing dress up with her mother’s clothes. I guess I really should […]

Pattern: Annis shawl by Susanna ICYarn: Knitpicks Alpaca Cloud in the Tidepool Heather colorwayNeedles: Size 8 and 10 circs It’s fairly hilarious how bad this shawl looks unblocked.    And, I’ll be honest, I think I need to block it again, because it still doesn’t look like much.    But I also think I’m a

Because I’m finding that I feel really odd if I don’t have two projects to choose from (especially when one is like the Annis shawl and takes a loooong time to get through 1 row), I’ve cast on a Quest hat for myself, using Quince and Co. Osprey yarn, in the Peacock colorway.   I’m doing

Well, with the year drawing to a close, with company still in town, and knowing how much I have to do this weekend, I think I can safely say I’m done with my knitting for the year. I definitely didn’t go for quantity this year, but I did manage to get rid of a lot

Since it’s the end of the year, I figured I should update my hexipuff status – here’s the current pile.    It’s up to 43 now, which still isn’t enough for the smallest sized blanket, but I still have plenty of sock yarn that’s either in scraps, or ready to be made into scraps, so I’ll

Pattern: Who? by Sara AmorosoYarn: Quince and Co. Lark in the Parsley colorwayNeedles: Size 6 DPNs Ok, my Christmas knitting is now officially done.    Finally! I found this pattern the last time I made an owlet sweater, but didn’t think I had enough yarn the last go around, so didn’t try one last time.    This

Pattern: owlet by Kate DaviesYarn: Quince and Company Lark in the Parsley colorwayNeedles: Size 8 and 9 circs Whew.   I can indeed do a size correction for Christmas knitting last minute.   I actually finished knitting this about five days ago, but I ran out of the buttons I was using for eyes, and

With the year winding down, it occurred to me that if I really want to include the Palimpsest shawl in my 2012 projects (I did finish it in August), I really should block it before the end of the year, so that happened yesterday. Since I don’t have enough blocking mats, I ended up doing

It’s come to my attention that my niece has been growing a bit more than I had initially given her allowance for when I made her Christmas gift.    Fortunately, I have time to remedy that, so here’s an Owlet Sweater, part deux, in the 18-25 month size.    This time, it’s in Quince and Company Lark,

Pattern: cable baby by Pamela W. AllenYarn: Tess’ Designer Yarns Peruvian Sock YarnNeedles: Size 3 DPNS In casting on the Annis Shawl, since it has so many stitches, and during the lace portion I can only hack one pattern repeat a work night, I decided to find another sock yarn using up pattern to do