Do you ever get this feeling? You just need to knit, and it has to be simple. If you had a sock on the needles it would be perfect. You have no desire to start something, because that often involves ball winding, calculations, casting on. You just want to knit, knit, knit (with a bit [...]

I hate purling, and when I’m doing flat stockinette where I have to do long stretches of purl, purl, purl, I do something a little different. I’ve explained it on this blog before, but I recently made a 30 second clip of me doing it for a forum post. I figured I’d share it here. [...]

Branching Out is such an awesome pattern; I’ve probably already said it, but I loved every minute of it. The last thing I need to do for this to be finished is give it a quick wash and a light blocking. Hopefully this record heat doesn’t last for long, because even a light wool scarf [...]

Anyways, last night while hanging out with friends I worked on a second attempt at log cabin knitting. This time I bound-off all stitches after each section before picking up new stitches. The corners look much cleaner, and the lines look much straighter. There are a couple of places where I didn’t pick up enough [...]

I couldn’t justify posting just progress of my scarf, but I’m so excited about how it’s coming out that I can’t help it. Hopefully the flowers will make it OK. Don’t you just love spring? Also, I think that tonight I will make my second attempt at a log cabin rectangle. I need some easy knitting, [...]

I’ll start off by saying that I have putting off talking about Ravelry since I got my invitation to join. I can’t remember which blog on which I first read about it, but I was very excited to hear about the possibilities. Keeping track of projects, seeing others knitting, communicating with other knitters, project ideas, [...]

This kerchief that I’m knitting is on size US 1 needles that are as sharp as sewing needles. I haven’t really poked myself yet, but they do have a tendency to split the yarn a little. Yes, it’s a pain in my arse. I haven’t changed the needles yet though, because these are the perfect [...]

My socks are done (albeit a little damp) and ready to go. I was very unenthusiastic about the color of this yarn to begin with, and I don’t think it helps that I had to cast-on and begin several times. I’m finding myself much more enthusiastic about the colors in these socks than before, and [...]

I just can’t get these kerchiefs out of my head. They’re so easy to knit, they’re fun to design using nice lace patterns, and I wear them all the time. I hate having my hair in my face, and this is the perfect way to keep my hair back (those little whispies around the hairline), [...]