Merced is ready to go. Thank you Kristie for proof reading the pattern for this sock. The pattern is available as a .pdf download in my pattern shop and on Ravelry for $5.00.
ETA: Oops. Turns out I set everything up over at e-Junkie, except I forgot to upload the .pdf file! It’s there now, so […]
Kathryn is one of the speediest knitters out there. No, really. She is. She finished knitting her Canterbury Bells stole only a few days after I finished knitting my scarf, and I was already half way done when she started. See? Fast! Huge thanks to you again, my dear, for your wonderful test knitting skills, […]
Pattern: Tilt, my own devising.
Yarn: Smooshy from Dream in Color, November Muse, 1 hank.
Needles: Size 1 (2.25 mm), Crystal Palace bamboo DPNs, set of 5.
Elapsed time: April 22 to May 24, 2008.
Notes: Lesson learned, 1: don’t use cheap needles, they split. While you’re knitting. Getting bits in the wool, threatening to puncture skin. […]
Pattern: Canterbury Bells, my own devising.
Yarn: Valley Yarns, 2/14 Alpaca-Silk, Navy, 365 yards.
Needles: Size 5 (3.75 mm), Knit Picks Options in Harmony.
Elapsed time: May 8 to May 23, 2008.
Notes: In spite of the fact that I totally messed up the pattern, because of knitting when I was too tired to pay enough […]
Tilt is ready to go. Just because I’m not done knitting it, doesn’t mean you can’t start. Thank you Linda for your hard work test knitting this sock, and Kristie for giving it a final once over. The pattern is available as a .pdf download in my pattern shop and on Ravelry for $5.00.
The Dulcavina pattern is done. It can be purchased on this page, or if you’re on Ravelry you can get it here.
Off to send out email messages to those who requested them. Thank you for your patience! I hope you enjoy the pattern.
Our house is upside down. It’s because of the hill, and the way the streets are laid out here. We’re on the downhill side of the street, so you walk into the house on the top floor where the living room, dining room, family room, and kitchen are. The bedrooms are downstairs, and my office, […]
The pattern for Flower Faire is done.
The pattern is knit from the center toward one edge from a provisional cast on. The second side is knit after the first is completed by picking up the other side of the cast on chain, and repeating the pattern. The pattern is written for three sizes: narrow […]
Pattern: Illusions, my own devising.
Yarn: Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock, Sand Ridge, 2 hanks.
Needles: Size 0 (2.0 mm), Crystal Palace bamboo DPNs, set of 5.
Gauge: 8 stitches/inch
Elapsed time: January 22 to February 14
Notes: Once I decided on this stitch pattern, the socks knit up very quickly. The pattern is easily memorized, and I found it to […]
Pattern: Flower Faire, my own devising.
Yarn: EvolutionTM 100% merino lace weight from Chameleon Colorworks, 1 hank, 246 yards, Ruby
Needles: Size 6 (4.0 mm), KnitPicks Options, Harmony Wood
Elapsed time: February 3 to February 12
Finished size: 5 x 72 inches (13 x 182 cm)
Construction: Knitting starts in the center with a provisional cast on, and is knit […]