Finally Finished: Me-sized Elle Melle!

A couple of years ago, I got it into my head that I needed to knit myself an Elle Melle; I'd so loved the one I knit for M, both the knitting of it and the look of the finished sweater, and I wanted one in grey and black. I had nearly finished it, and…

I made a hat!

And it has a giant pompom! Ravelry Project Page Pattern: Asterisk/Dot Hat Yarn: Swans Island Sport Weight (from the Mason-Dixon Knitting kit) in Evergreen, Beach, and Dew Needles: Size 2 and Size 5 Time to knit: About 1.5 months I love the colors, and I loved working with the Swans Island yarn (such a treat!),…

Making a hat!

As of this moment, I don't currently have a sweater on the needles, which is very rare for me! I do plan to cast on soon for an Octopus cardigan for M, but for now, my attention is centered on a hat! Awhile back, Mason-Dixon Knitting was having a sale on their kits, and I…

Things I knit for other people’s babies: babyStripes!

I finished another yoke sweater around the same time as finishing Tensho. This one was just a WEE bit smaller! I've lost count of how many of these sweaters I've knit...this might be the fifth or sixth? In any case, I think it's safe to say I've got the pattern pretty well worked-out for the…

(Mostly) Finished Object: Tensho Cardigan!

The end of the semester has been especially busy, and as seems to be normal for me, I've been sick for most of it. The pileup of research paper feedback, Thanksgiving, and my daughter's birthday is always a mess! But somehow, in the midst of all of that, I managed to finish my Tensho cardigan!…