Mother, May I Miter? These mitered mittens are way fun. I've made a couple of pairs before because they're fairly mindless to crank away on, and you don't have to decide where you want the thumb until the bitter end. Thus, it was with joy in my heart that I found 100g of stash yarn and cast on these mittens. What you must understand is that I have a sizeable stash. This should come as a surprise to no one, and yet, allow me to take you down a bit of a tangent. I have a very good friend who has recently taken up knitting. She does not have much if any stash because she has way more self-control than...
Did I really not blog about this? You'll have to forgive my tardiness with this post. I am still learning to strike a balance between Ravelry, Twitter, Instagram, Blog, etc...and sometimes I forget to mention things in all the pertinent places. This hat pattern is certainly one of those. Designed swiftly and on a whim, it takes you quickly from stranded colorwork newbie to ready-for-anything. While there are not specific instructions for stranded colorwork included in the pattern, this small, low-risk project does give you the opportunity to try everything you might encounter in a more complicated pattern. Two skeins of Araucanía Huasco Worsted will easily make two hats, so quit waiting and cast on! If you don't know how...
Race to the Finish I really thought I was not going to get these done in time. I cast on 27 February, and if it hadn't been a leap year, I would not have finished within the prescribed month. I was using up scraps of my hand-dyed sport weight from the baby sweater and a couple of woven scarves I had made as Christmas gifts. When I ran out of hand-dyed scraps, I decided to use up some 6-ply sock yarn I had languishing in the stash. To be honest, if I were making these for someone in particular I would have used matching yarn or at least attempted to make the stripes look purposeful. As it stood, I was...
Introducing the Coziest Sweater Ever! After much angst about what kind of neck to do, I bit the bullet and just knit as as written - continuing the pattern as tall as I wanted, then binding off in pattern. I could have gone for the full, turned-down turtleneck, but I don't find them flattering on me. I intend to rip out the bind off and redo it, this time not binding off in pattern. I know it seems unintuitive, but the large swaths of reverse stockinette are tending to curl rather unbecomingly, and that is far more noticeable than the bind off being not perfectly in pattern. Overall, I am pretty happy with this sweater. It was fun to knit,...
