The Frustrated Knitter

Frustration #1: Delphine I took Delphine off the blocking board and it is still pretty skin tight. It’s a shame because it’s actually a really darling top – something I…

Bite Me Pillow

There’s nothing quite like a cynical candy heart pillow to get yourself in the mood for Valentine’s Day. It’s a key accessory to make my bed a welcoming place for…

my head was cold!

You may have noticed that I CO’d for the Koolhaas hat over the weekend. I feel kind of guilty because I already have so many WIPs, but it’s been really…

Scott’s hat

So, I’ve been trying to get started on my brother’s hat the past few days but I’m having nothing but problems. First of all, the pattern totally sucks. I’m using…

$#@%&**!!

I just realized that I have been knitting sassy sock #2 in size small and sock #1 was knit in size medium. FRAK!! I had to frog the whole damn…

All Thumbs

Last night I got up to the thumb gusset on my cashmere arm cozy! Unfortunately, there have been problems… I am converting the pattern from being knitted flat into knitting…

Sleeves Part II

Bleh – sleeve drama: The sleeves of the hexacomb cardigan are knit from the cuff up, with a garter stitch border followed by stockinette with increases placed every 10 rows…

Life

I was totally depressed this afternoon so I decided to ignore my homework and knit. So, I tried to work on the sleeves of the hexacomb cardigan only to get…

Illustrations

So, I think an illustration is in order to show the botched shoulder on the hexacomb cardigan:You can see how each of the hexacombs is about an inch, then right…

!@$#% Lace Ribbon Scarf!!

I ended up frogging out about 10 rows, picking up the stitches I could, then unknitting until I had all the stitches in the right place. Phew! Then I spent…