After much cussing (and I do mean a LOT of cussing!), My January Chemo Cap is finished (yea, it’s way late). It’s only as late as it is because I was 80% done with a different hat and I decided it was entirely to sucky to finish. So, I frogged and went to work on […]
My FLAK is making good progress. I’ve moved the back to scrap yarn, and I’m picking up stitches for the front. I made a minor change to the pattern here. The instructions call for knitting the right front, then putting it on holders, kitting the left front, putting it on holders, then going back to […]
I finally broke down. The ladies at my LYS have been “gently encouraging” me to try the magic loop for a while now. I had a pair of mittens to make for Gwen, so I decided to try it. I went on over to knittinghelp.com(very instructional website) to learn how to do the loop (everyone is […]
The yarn arrived for my sweater yesterday. I was so excited that I got right to work. After taking some measurements, and some quick (and painless) math, I knocked out the shoulder saddles. I can’t wait to get to work on this sweater!
I heard some slightly sad news. Janet Szabo is no loner offering this […]
The cable swatch is one complete repeat (24 rows) of the center panel (right side of the photo) and one side panel (left side of the photo).
Starting at the right is a 6 stitch wave cable, then a 4 stitch honeycomb, then a 10 stitch braid, another 4 stitch honeycomb, and another 6 stitch wave. […]
And it looks GREAT on her!
This is my first “Girl From Auntie” project. I’m truly amazed by the quality of her design on this pattern. Not only is the pattern extremely well written, the charts are easy to follow and the legend is excellent.
Her use decreases to move the cables, and reduce the size of […]
Well, I finally did it, I learned to do cables without a cable needle. It is so easy, I’m shocked that they even make cable needles! I’m working on the Celtic Cable Cap, using a cable needle. Once I get going, I go pretty quickly. However, everyone on Ravelry (if you aren’t on yet, go […]
I finally got some test yarn for my latest project, FLAK(Follow the Leader Aran Knitting). I knit the gauge swatch for the filler stitch last night. I washed and blocked the swatch, can you believe it? I chose a moss stitch for the filler, instead of the suggested seed stitch. I got the suggestion from […]
I finished one of my fingerless gloves, and then decided I need to make them gloves with full fingers…
The gauge is good, the size is right on, but they are THICK. They are so heavy that I couldn’t use them as fingerless gloves. Either I’d wear them when it was really cold, and my fingers […]
I made a quick trip to the only place open late to get some yarn. It was a big chain store, so there wasn’t much to choose from. I ended up with some Paton’s Classic Wool. It’s pretty good, it’s wool, and it’s inexpensive. Exactly what I was looking for to use for test swatches.
When […]
