I got hit with the sudden urge to make a holiday project about 3 days before xmas. Since that's not enough time to do much of anything, I dug through patterns until I found this simple crochet ornament. It's only a four-round pattern so each one only took around 20 minutes to work up. I... Continue Reading →
I've been enjoying a yarn advent calendar every year for the past few years. This year was the first time I actually decided to start a project that will use my advent before I finished unwrapping them all! I didn't start right at the beginning of the month, but I have been using all of... Continue Reading →
I enjoyed knitting my Bothy hat so much that when I finished it I decided to start another hat almost right away. This time my goal was to use up the leftovers from my Portland Cap. I only dyed the one skein this nice brown color, so I ended up using some of the undyed... Continue Reading →
I hope you had a great holiday if you celebrated yesterday! I finished this hat in time to give it to my spouse for xmas. Once I got done with the straight ribbing and moved into the decreases things went really fast. The cabled decreases gave me a little anxiety since the pattern has you... Continue Reading →
I showed a sneak preview of this spin in my spinning catchup post, but I'm a little farther along now. This is the 100% merino that I dyed with food coloring. I have about 4 oz of it to work with. My initial plan was to make a 2-ply, but depending on how things go... Continue Reading →
This is my last bit of catch-up for projects I finished while the blog was on hiatus. I really loved the first Perec vest I made last year. It's one of my most worn knits, so I figured I could use a second one. Even though I already had a fingering weight garment on the... Continue Reading →
This is another project made with yarn from Frederick Fiber Fest. It is from Aspen Run Alpaca Farm and was part of the door prize I won at the festival last year. The spouse wanted a cowl for our Iceland trip, and since he's sensitive to wool this seemed like a good option. I finished... Continue Reading →
I started this pair of DK weight socks right before my Iceland trip. I wanted something easy I could work on during my vacation. I had the ambitious thought that I might finish them and wear them on my trip. Sadly I didn't get a ton of knitting done while I was away. I did... Continue Reading →
I started this pair of shorties in August and finished them in early November. Having tiny feet means that one skein of yarn equals two full pairs of socks if I use contrasting heels/toes/cuffs, or one full pair and one shorty pair. I have even more leftover yarn now, because I've changed up my sock... Continue Reading →
I knit this project over a couple days back in June. It's one of those great, seemingly throwaway projects when you just need a quick win. I could tell that my interest in crafting was slowing down so I tried to do a self-contained project to feel like I finished something. This pattern is one... Continue Reading →
I started these back in September and have been gradually making progress on them. I wanted a project where I could learn to steek with something bigger than a coffee cozy, but much smaller than an entire sweater. These slippers seemed just right for the job. I'm using up leftover yarn from my Saga's Sweater,... Continue Reading →
I started these in June when I finished my Rainbows for Marvin socks, and then didn't finish them until August. My knitting mojo definitely took a huge hit this summer. For some reason it hit me harder than in previous years, and it was difficult to get much done at all for a couple months.... Continue Reading →
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