Alana Dakos knows leaves. All kinds of leaves. And I love them all.This hat has been in my queue for a long time. I had the yarn for it last fall, and I just had to have this hat before spring. The pattern was quick & very easy - not too complicated for a first… Continue reading FO Friday – Hats, Hats, Hats!
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FO Friday – 18 Days of Christmas Socks
Sometimes you start socks and they fly off the needles. Sometimes you start socks & you never finish the second one (I've never succumbed to that temptation, but trust me, I get it.).I started these socks on Christmas Eve, thinking that it wasn't foolish to start Christmas socks on December 24 because there are 12… Continue reading FO Friday – 18 Days of Christmas Socks
Stalking Blindly
Being as I'm working on knitting from stash, I had initially resisted immediately jumping on this bandwagon when it popped up on Ravelry a few weeks back:(graphic from Ysolda's Ravelry MKAL pattern page)What is this voodoo?! A Choose Your Own Adventure knit shawl by Ysolda Teague?! OH. MY. GOD. I've never done a mystery knit… Continue reading Stalking Blindly
FO Friday – Baby Ruby’s Jacket
Another baby gift. When they said 'Tis the Season!, I don't think they meant babies, but that's the way it worked out this Christmas!A friend, who was expecting this winter, recently gave me some partial skeins of Red Heart Soft Baby Steps yarn that was given to her along with a baby gift. As she… Continue reading FO Friday – Baby Ruby’s Jacket
Goals & The Great Yarn Diet of 2014 or Enjoy What You Have, Silly Girl
January. A fresh calendar. Fresh snow on the ground. A polar vortex to makes you wish you could hibernate like a bear. Don't you love it?The first full week of 2014 has been frigid. Dangerously frigid. Wind chills were down to -45 degrees F here and I initiated Operation Wear All The Wool. Wool sweaters,… Continue reading Goals & The Great Yarn Diet of 2014 or Enjoy What You Have, Silly Girl
Stalking Saturday – Bayside Pullover
I've been staking the Bayside Pullover for months. There's just something about it that I really like, although, I'm not sure exactly what draws me to it. But I knew I wanted one.Then the color stumped me for a few months. I really liked the look of the natural color shown in Coastal Knits, but… Continue reading Stalking Saturday – Bayside Pullover
Crafty Year in Review
2013 was a productive year - and while I don't feel like my drawers are necessarily over-flowing with hand-made items, my Ravelry projects page tells me I was a knittin' fool this year. I suspect the lack of over-flowing drawers was due to some very /over/-due purging of clothing items that were still good, but… Continue reading Crafty Year in Review
3 Things – 12/30
Things I like:1. My Oats cowl, made from Knit Picks City Tweed. So warm & toasty!2. The Office on Netflix3. York Peppermint PattiesThings I dislike:1. Acrylic yarn with no twist2. Black acrylic yarn with no twist3. No matter how many times I have crocheted things with a zig zag stitch, I still manage to mess it up.
The Inaugural Post
New year (almost). New blog.I've been flush with ideas lately that won't let me rest, and while I love scrolling through Tumblr if I'm bored and happen to be without a knitting project, it's just not conducive to posting full thoughts. If you want memes and gifs, hurry on over there by all means!When thinking… Continue reading The Inaugural Post
Potato Chip Knitting
The Knitmore Girls refer to lots of types of potato chip knitting - the kind of knitting where you find yourself rationalizing, ‘just one more row… Just one more cable… Just one more_______….’I’ve decided two things after finishing my Mr. BlueJeans cardigan:1. Cables are totally potato chip knitting.2. Just like real potato chips, if you… Continue reading Potato Chip Knitting
Donita Westman 