I had some unplanned fun with colors over my holiday break! This year I got a yarn advent with DK weight minis. My plan was to make a cardigan for myself out of them. Unfortunately for me, the advent had a higher proportion of pink than any other color. Since I knew that I would... Continue Reading →
I hope you had a lovely xmas if you celebrate it! I have been enjoying some time off this week, and have used that time to finish this cowl! The colors are not quite as high contrast as I would prefer, but you can definitely still see the image in the colorwork. I also realized... Continue Reading →
This cowl is just flying along. I am still not the most confident colorwork knitter, but I can definitely see how far I've come from some of my earlier attempts. Now I have a nice week-long break from work, so I should have no problem finishing this before the end of the year! Happy Holidays!
I've been obsessively working on my cowl so I haven't been making as much progress as I would like on my sweater. Even so, it is still growing a little. Colorwork is fun but sometimes you just need something that you don't have to pay attention to. This came to work with me this week... Continue Reading →
Friends, I am weak. I was making such good progress on my sweater, not knitting on anything else for a few days. Then suddenly I was gripped with a need to cast on something new. This is a pattern I've had my eye on for a long time, and I finally got the nerve to... Continue Reading →
Today I managed to get the sleeves split on my sweater. When I knit this sweater for my dad, I waited until I finished the body before I started the sleeves. This time around I am considering doing the sleeves sooner. Right now I have about 20g of yarn left in the current skein. My... Continue Reading →
I have been virtually attending a conference for work this week. That means I have had a lot of time to knit while listening to presentations and taking occasional notes. Now I am already getting close to splitting for the sleeves! The sleeves are the correct size but I still need a few more raglan... Continue Reading →
All of the ends have finally been tamed! I really love how these turned out. The fun stripes make all the effort worth it. I already have a pair of xmas shorties that use some of the same yarn, but these make me extra happy because they finished off some scraps that I couldn't bear... Continue Reading →
Lots of progress since last week. I don't have a ton to say about this project since I've already made this sweater once before. I guess the best praise I can give is that even though I just finished one, this one is still keeping me interested. The pattern is the exact right balance between... Continue Reading →
These went incredibly quickly! I have finished all of the knitting. I decided not to do the whole toe in red, and instead just did a stripe. I think it still looks good without overwhelming anything. Now I just need to graft the toes and then weave in the very large number of ends. Hopefully... Continue Reading →
Here's my latest progress on my scrappy holiday shorties. These have been my go-to knitting for a couple days. Now I am already most of the way through the foot. In fact I am almost out of the mini skein remnants that I set aside for this project. I was originally planning to use more... Continue Reading →
I got a good amount of knitting done on this in one evening! It is probably good that I took a little bit of a break from it during the move, just because I had spent so long knitting the same sweater for my dad. Now I am definitely refreshed and eager to work on... Continue Reading →
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