Last night I finished and blocked the Emelia Lace Choker that I’ve been knitting. It was an incredibly quick knit, although you wouldn’t know that for how long it took me! I didn’t knit on it non-stop; it was just a few periods of adding a bunch of rows within a months time.  Despite the [...]

Whenever knitting something that requires a line of increases going up the work, I cringe inside. I don’t like the way most increases look. They just don’t line up nicely like an SSK, or a K2TOG. They always have a bit of wierdness on the stitches around them, and it’s just not as fun. While knitting [...]

No knitting here tonight. Ack, are you kidding me?! It’s 90 degress plus humidity! This day feels worse than the previous worse days of this summer were. I hope we get this storm that’s forcasted so it can get rid of this wet blanket in the air and cool down!

I’ve been knitting pretty steadily on my Evergreen shawl lately, and almost at the end of every row I feel the need to stretch out the stitches and mimick blocking. I just love the way they look, and have been anxious to block it. I couldn’t wait any longer, so I blocked it (still on [...]

 Remember this? Well, I frogged it.  I decided that I wasn’t as excited about the stitch pattern anymore, and I wished I’d done the triple increase a little differently. I didn’t like the extraneous holes. On a whim I ripped it all out and started over with a stitch pattern that acts in a very similar [...]

This project has been in hibernation for a very very long time. A few days ago I decided to bring it out again and start another few squares. One would think that being a very simple all stockinette square, I’d be through these by now. I love knitting stockinette, especially when there are pretty colors. [...]

I’ve woken up to a bright and sunny day with the sun shining in my window. Just the perfect time for up and close photos of the shawlette! I’m really happy with these, as they’ve really done justice to the colors and subtle blending in the yarn. Also, you can see the lace up close [...]

…so I could wear this all the time. I am so excited for this to be done. So excited in fact, that isn’t entirely dry on my shoulders in that picture. Oh it’s mostly dry, but still has that slightly cool-to-the-touch feel of something that’s just barely damp. I just couldn’t wait!! Look at that drape, [...]

I knitted a swatch, decided upon the lace stitch to use, and finally switched to the second color. I did a purl row as the starting row of the gray to create a nice transition between the colors, and started on the lace. Problem #1: I’d forgotten to decide upon and swatch for a lace [...]

Lately I hesitate to post just to mention I’ve finished a pair of socks, especially since they’re so common in my house lately and I don’t generally knit patterned socks. I love having a simple basic sock on the needles all the time (when I can afford it) because it’s nice easy knitting when I’m [...]