Shine On Socks

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What’s in a needle?

I am knitting some cool socks with a fairly complicated traveling twisted stitch cable pattern and I just wanted to share my observation that in knitting, sometimes your needle choice…

Silverplait Socks

These socks were much more simple to knit than they look!  I had a lot of fun with them!  I did these without a cable needle — I didn’t need…

Maybe Monday: Cabled Cardigans

I saw two sort of similar cabled cardigans this week on Ravelry and I love them both!  They are both hip-length open cardigans with cabled details and I think one…

Vancouver Fog II

When I was thinking about knitting myself the Vancouver Fog fingerless mitts, I posted the photo on facebook and asked my friends if I should knit them.  The response was…

Vancouver Fog

I went on an awesome vacation to Vermont this summer where we visited Shelburne Farms for the Cheesemaker’s Festival (mmm…. cheese….)  While we were there, we met some lovely sheep…

Maybe Monday: Cabled Arm Warmers

I think I totally neglected to mention that I got some really great undyed wool yarn from Shelburne Farms in Vermont when I went there for the wine and cheese…

Business Casual Socks

My sweet Aunt Carol is always so nice to let me stay with her when I go home to Utah and she is an amazing host, so the last time…

New Socks on the Needles

I cast on a new pair of socks this weekend – this is a pair for my wonderful Aunt Carol.  I want to knit her socks because she has little…

Baby’s first magic cast on!

Since I am currently obsessed with knitting socks, I decided it’s time that I try to knit some toe-up. Yesterday I grabbed some lovely yarn and did my first magic…