I have always been curious about Tunisian crochet ever since I found an afghan hook in with my grandmother’s belongings after she passed. I had no idea what it was…
Cheerios Socks
This is one of my most exciting FOs to post because it is the first knitting pattern that I have designed myself! Yay! Go me!! I was inspired to design…
Tit for Tatt
My lovely Aunt Brenda recently told me about how she used to shuttle tatt and really loved it. She recommended that I take up this dying art form…. so, I…
Evergreen Lake Mittens: To Be or Not to Be?
I enrolled in the Craftsy class Stranded Colorwork: Basics and Beyond which (supposedly) teaches you how to work stranded colorwork by using three pairs of mittens as example projects. I…
When I Wasn’t Knitting….
When the doctor told me I couldn’t knit, I started trying out some other hobbies, one of which was learning embroidery. This has been so much fun and I’m glad…
Patty Lyons and The Secrets of Yarn Substitution
I know I mentioned on here that I signed up for Patty Lyons’ “Improve Your Knitting” course on Craftsy, but I think I failed to mention how utterly fabulous it…
Knitting School
One of my knitting goals for a long time has been to learn how to knit continental style, that is, holding the yarn in your left hand and “picking” at…
Photography Do-Over
My pictures on this blog vary from sucky to ok to pretty nice… I have yet to take anything super great, but, in my defense, I really don’t try very…
Nelson the Owl
Have I mentioned lately how much I adore Stacey Trock’s super cute amigurumi designs?? Well, I do! So far I have only made her tiny animals, but this is my…
(Long) Weekend Update
What a delightful long holiday weekend this was! I had both Thursday and Friday off work, so it was a pretty sweet opportunity to get lots of knitting done… and…