easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in knitting on Feb 8th, 2012
Now that these shawls are finally finished and have reached their recipients, I can safely show them to you all! The Tulips Shawlette, above, is by Anniken Allis, and the pattern’s in Issue 36 of The Knitter. The moment I saw it, I reached for the first 4-ply yarn I could find in my stash, [...]
Posted in inspiration, knitting on Mar 6th, 2009
I have no idea what this is going to be, I plan to just keep knitting it until it’s finished. I was reading the third issue of The Knitter, and there was an article about hand knit scarves, with a recipe for feather and fan stitch. It looked pretty. I had some silk yarn left over from knitting [...]
Posted in knitting on Feb 13th, 2009
I picked up issue 2 of The Knitter yesterday, and cast on for this scarf almost immediately. So much for all the jumpers I was going to knit before I started anything else… but I’ve had this single ball of Colinette Parisienne in my stash for ages, and this seemed like the perfect use for [...]