Cat sitting on blocking shawl

The Magic of Blocking Lace

I knitted this lace shawl a few years ago but I never got a great photo of it so I did a little Instagram photo shoot with it the other…

Skywalker Knitted Shawl

Skywalker Strikes Back

I knitted my first Skywalker shawl four years ago as a project for Laura Nelkin’s Mastering Lace Shawls class on Craftsy.  Quite honestly, I’ve never really worn it until one…

Brave Girl Socks

Here’s a fun pair of socks that recently came off the needles!  I call them Brave Girl: the colorway is called courage and the pattern is Girl on Fire, seemed…

Turmeric socks by VeryBusyMonkey in Knit Picks Stoll, Dogwood Heather

Pink Salt Socks

Here is a lovely pair of socks I knit for my wonderful Aunt Jonni. 🙂  I’ve knit a pair of these before – they are verybusymonkey’s Turmeric socks and it’s…

Monkey Socks

Purple Monkey Socks

This is a pair of Monkey Socks I made for a dear friend of my Aunt.  Her favorite color is purple and I wanted to start immediately, so I headed…

Björk Socks

My mom is a frequent recipient of my handknit socks, mostly because she jumps to claim the socks I decide I don’t like how they turned out.  This means that…

Daphne

I bought this lovely hand dyed yarn on a visit to Portland, Maine a few years ago and I’ve been saving it for something special.  Then a few months ago I…

Speckle Monkeys, Take Two

A lot of people were fond of the Monkey Socks I made out of that Knit Picks Hawthorne Speckle yarn last year, including my good friend Eli.  Even though this…