making progress on Elle Melle (for me!)

I'm making good progress on my me-sized Elle Melle now that I don't have the Fiddlehead Mittens as my object of obsession. Generally speaking, I'm a serially-monogamous knitter, though I'll make exceptions for having something small like a baby hat or plain mitten or easy cowl on the needles for on-the-go purposes; the Fiddlehead Mittens,…

Fiddleheads: Finished!!

Last Wednesday, while my upper-level writing students did group work, I finished the lining of Fiddlehead Mitten number two, and this Saturday I was able to take Real Camera photos of them. I could not possibly be more delighted with how they turned out! Ravelry Project Page Pattern: Fiddlehead Mittens, by Adrian Bazilia Yarn: the…

mitten progress!

I finished knitting the outer Fiddlehead Mittens last weekend, and I could not be more delighted with how they turned out! (M was behind me in that picture, encouraging me to make silly faces for the camera!) End-weaving took awhile, with all those colors, but I was pretty charmed with how my pile of ends…