Here is one of many partial knits that I’ll probably never finish:

Just a heel. I just needed to make sure everything was right in my pattern (the pattern isn’t for booties, but I wanted to get right to the business at hand). But look how cute it is. And how sturdy and no-nonsense and cozy. […]

I present: My stash.

Normally all the stuff on the floor is hidden away int he cupboards, but I thought I’d walk it out and face it all at once.

But I always know what I have, because I keep a reference ball (tagged with the total number of balls) in the top cupboards. Well, theoretically, anyway. […]

I’m such a moron. I guess I’m still in swatch mode. Instead of simply blocking this little choker scarf I just finished, I washed it. Why did I do that? I think it will bounce back, mostly, but the stitches aren’t quite so perky as before.
Earlier today, I did the same thing on the scarf […]

Thumbing through my books, I just realized this is very similar to a pattern in Odd Ball Knitting, so I must’ve cribbed the idea from them. So no pattern, because I like the book! (Not that it takes a pattern to knit a circular tube, but it’s the spirit of the thing.)
I just cut off […]

I’m working on the first dummy of my book. That’s the first copy with a layout. It looks like this:

Actually, it was just a big stack of 2-page spreads, but I kept mixing up all the pages, so I bound one side. It’s pretty fun to see, although there’s so much to correct. I’m making […]

Ouch. I know I really could fall farther, but it’s time to grab for the life raft. I just emailed to join the stashalong. And I didn’t even buy any more at the Webs sale! (But I did buy 2 bags of yarn on ebay first…)
I think I’m going to follow the advice and start […]

And I almost made it in one skein.
But that’s my fault, not the pattern’s. It called for 150 m & my skein only had 92.
I made the smallest size, and, realizing I was getting close, I worked just 2 rows of seed on the sleeve, then BO in seed, and 3 rnds of K1P1 rib […]

It’s my last night before the first dummy of my book arrives and I have to be all hard-working. I’m going to see how far I can get on the One-Skein Wonder shrug I just bought from Glampyre.

Time: 2-3 hours
Cost: $5
Level: Beginner
Size: Junior one-size/women’s medium. Cast on 12 more st per size up to make it larger.
Here’s another wrap I made this wrap at the behest of my mom, who wanted a loophole to get her through her office’s dress code, allowing her to wear tanks and camisoles in the summer. The […]

Time: 3 hours
Cost: varies by yarn
Level: Beginner
Size: Women’s medium. For larger sizes, CO 10 st additional for each size up.
I made this wrap at the behest of my mom, who wanted a loophole to get her through her office’s dress code, allowing her to wear tanks and camisoles in the summer. The point of this […]