Pattern: Sun Moon Socks by Andrea Rangel Yarn: Sundara High Twist Fingering in the Gilded Moonlight colorway Needles: Size 1.5 and 2 DPNs I adore this yarn – it is just the prettiest blue. Definitely showcased well with this pattern. The pattern’s great – very well written. It would be a good introduction to colorwork […]

I love this yarn! It’s just the prettiest variable blue. These are the Sun and Moon Socks, by Andrea Rangel. Moon theme, of course (if you know me). I actually bought this pattern before I had firm plans to make it, which I almost never do. And then, like two weeks later, Sundara did a

Pattern: Agathis by Agata SmektalaYarn: I Knit or Dye Killing Me Softly Aran in Natural WhiteNeedles: Size 4 and 7 circs and Size 7 DPNs I’m really annoyed with myself.    I picked the wrong yarn and/or needle size, and this is too big for me.   But it’s really nice hat, so it’s not worth

Pattern: Zostera marina by Hunter HammersenYarn: Blue Moon Yarn Silky SockNeedles: Size 1.5 DPNs First project of the year!    It was mostly completed last year, but then I got a bug about eating up some yarn scraps before 2022 ended, so this went to the side for a bit.    It’s an enjoyable pattern

This was all the worsted (ish) weight scraps I had kicking around. I managed to get them all used up last night, so all of them are getting knocked out of my yarn tally ahead of of 2023. (I do like a good yarn purge.) I have a few other ideas for using up scraps,

That’s a lot of hats… I thought I made more socks this year, but I guess I was coasting on memories of last year. My biggest failure was a shawl I cast on three separate times – I do plan to start it again this year, but I definitely needed some distance before I could

We had a historic storm yesterday. We actually got rain (it was in the 50s the whole day), with tons of wind, and the height of it coincided with the monthly highest high tide. Needless to say, there were tons of trees down, and the coastal impacts were pretty epic. I mention this in a

Pattern: Bough by Leila RavenYarn: Cascade Alpaca Lana D’Oro in the Ruby colorwayNeedles: Size 4 and 7 circs and size 7 DPNs Another quick hat – this one successfully achieving the size I actually needed.    It was really fun to knock some patterns I’ve already enjoyed out of yarn I had kicking around.

Pattern: Hermione Hearts Ron by Christy AylesworthYarn: Malabrigo Yarn Silky Merino in the Stonechat colorwayNeedles: Size 3 and 4 circs, and size 4 DPNs The last time I made this pattern, due to a complete misunderstanding of the yarn I was using, I did a sport weight pattern with worsted yarn, and it turned out

Pattern: Brezel Beanie by Svetlana VolkovaYarn: I Knit or Dye Killing Me Softly Aran in WhiteNeedles: Size 5 and 7 circs and size 7 DPNs My mother asked for hats to match her new coat, and I went straight to the yarn and pattern stashes.     I’ve made this hat twice before, and this is