things i make for me: sculling cowl

Ravelry Project Page Pattern: Sculling Cowl by Anne Hanson Yarn: Fibre Company Meadow in "Cosmos" Needles: Size 5 Knitpicks circulars Time to knit: Not actually that long (a couple of weeks), but then I had to pick out the cast on AND the original bind off to bind both off more loosely and that took…

work-in-progress: M’s red stripe pullover

One thing I've always liked to do on this blog is to share more of the "behind the scenes" work of creating knits. It's maybe not the smartest thing to do if my desire is to publish patterns, because the more I say about how I'm putting things together here, the less likely it is…

top-down babyStripes!

I mentioned this wee cardigan in my last post, but thought it deserved a post all to itself. Here's the babyStripes! cardigan I knit for my UU minister's new baby: Unlike the previous...3? 4?...babyStripes! cardigans, this one was knit top down. I've fallen madly in love with knitting sweaters from the top-down whenever possible, and…

New Year, New Knitter!

Long time, no post. The last couple of months of 2015 were filled with sickness and a whole lot of end-of-semester-crazytimes, but some good things, too. Like, for example, the fact that there are now TWO knitters in my household! (Look how she holds her yarn like a total pro!)   M has been asking…