fair isle

Fair Isle Knitting Quick Tip: Use Mini Skein Sets!

You know what I’m really good at? Knitting! You know what I’m kind of clueless about? Color Theory. But you know…

Herding Cats Socks Pattern Review: A Purr-fect Way to Use Leftover Yarn!

The Herding Cats Socks Pattern by Stone Knits is a purr-fect knitting project for anyone who is experienced in stranded colorwork. (Or for someone…

Use Up Leftover Sock Yarn by Knitting Shortie Socks

As you might imagine, I have a giant bin of leftover sock yarn in pretty much every color of the rainbow.  For a while I…

Little Boxes Socks Pattern Review

I knitted this pair of Little Boxes Socks, a new shortie-sock pattern by Summer Lee. Summer posted lots of pictures of colorful sample socks…

A few of my favorite things…

This is a fun project I’ve had on my needles for a few years – the “pattern” is called My Favourite…

We’ve Come Full Circle!

You may have noticed that I recently redesigned the blog – I hope you like it! You may also like this funny coincidence:  My very…

These are a few of my favorite things…

I’m super excited about the scarf I’m knitting — it’s called “My Favourite Things” by Jill McGee…

TicTac Toes Socks

I was so excited the first time I saw these socks advertised on Knit Picks, so I bought the yarn and pattern immediately!  Then…

Winter Garden Socks

When I wanted to learn sock knitting, I bought the fabulous book Knit Socks by Betsy Lee McCarthy.  I used this book to…

Evergreen Lake Mittens

Last year I was interested in learning more about fair isle knitting, so I signed up for the Craftsy class Stranded Colorwork: Basics and Beyond…