I’ve got a fun project to share with you today: it’s the Grasslands Tank by Rachel Brockman. What makes it fun? I do! The fun is that I made a…
2025 Knitting Advent Calendars: Splurgy and DIY Options
When I was a kid, my mom put together an advent calendar for my brother and me every December. It was 24 tiny gifts tied to little rings on a…
Hand Dyed Sock Yarn & Color-Coded Charts for the Win
Hand dyed sock yarn is such a treat to work with! This pink tonal yarn is from one of my favorite indie dyers, Gina at Global Backyard. I’ve written a…
Global Backyard Yarn & Cookie A Socks = 2 of My Favorite Things!
It’s always magical when an old favorite thing and a new favorite thing team up! In this project, I paired an old favorite pattern (Cookie A’s In and Out Socks)…
Knitting Inspiration: Magical Mermaid Socks!
I saw this gorgeous sparkly teal yarn from FiveBoroughYarns on Etsy and I was like, “OMG! That reminds me of a mermaid tail!’ And then, it turns out that the…
Silverplait Socks! (More like Copperplate?)
I’m a big fan of the Ariel Altara’s pattern for Silverplait Socks – I’ve knitted a few pairs of these cabled beauties and they always turn out great! I’ve gotten…
Socks of Kindness: Ten Years in the Making!
Last November, I was cleaning out my Ravelry Queue and I found this pattern that I had queued in November 2010. I guess it stood out to me that this…
Planet of the Monkey Socks
Last February I went on a little Esty shopping spree and ordered this gorgeous sock yarn from a dyer near me in Braintree, MA… her label is cleverly named: You…
Vanilla Latte Socks
I have a weak spot in my heart for speckled sock yarn and I really love Lauren Farrell’s speckle colorways over in her etsy shop, Craftily Dyed Yarn. This is…
New Yarn!
Just for funsies, here is some new sock yarn I bought on Etsy last month. Love, love, love these skeins and I think I did a good job with these…