UFO alert! I’ve had this project on my needles since May of 2013. It’s about 3/4-way finished, but I’ve just never been motivated to complete it. I know I will…
Hard Decisions & a Little Luxury for a Little Doll
I bought some lovely cashmere blend yarn from Knit Picks a while back – from their Capretta line. I intended to use it for some luxurious socks because it also…
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 first post on this blog…
To Finish or To Frog?
Last Spring I began knitting a cowl out of sock yarn… which is exactly as tedious as it sounds. I chose this pattern because it’s supposed to look awesome with…
RIP Blue Angel Shawl
Back in the summer of 2013 I was super excited to sign up for a mystery knit-a-long with Craftsy. Well, the danger of mystery KALs is that you may not…
(comically large) socks from hell!
So, I finished sock #1 of Eric’s socks on Saturday and had him try it on. As I expected it was way too big! Even though he has been trying…
Frogging is Knotty
After much internal debate, I decided to frog the knotty or knice socks. I just couldn’t imagine myself doing that cable pattern over and over for an entire pair of…
Frogging Cressida (finally)
This morning I finally frogged the pieces I had knit for my Cressida sweater to harvest the yarn for Tess. I had only knit the back panel and about half…
nasty “shawl”
This is supposed to be a shawl, but it ended up scarf-width and not much longer than what is pictured here. I have this irritating stash of Jiffy mohair look…