My friends, Johnathan and Beverly, are the cutest couple. Picture them digging through, not only a tub of yarn, but a tub of alpaca, looking for a skein of not only sock weight, but a skein in turquoise. Every time I think of Johnathan up…
I still haven’t processed all the photos from our trip to El Salvador… but I did finish the Salvadoran knitting. Introducing Yolanda’s Henslowe: Every time I make one of these I think ‘these shawls go fast!’ and I always forget that bloody picot bind off.…
Because long after Christmas has passed, and you’re into that long, dreary period of no holidays and slushy weather, odds are if you know a disorganized knitter then you still have at least one gift to look forward to. This, at least, is what I…
I finally knitted a Henslowe! I kept holding out for a skein of yarn that was at least 450 yards, since the pattern calls for up to 437 yards. This was knitted up in Zen Yarn Garden Serenity Silk (Colour: Yellow Opal) which comes in skeins…
So I finished this lace shawl, and it’s so gorgeous I can’t believe I knit it. It’s the first thing I’ve done entirely from charts, and I have to say I’m pretty pleased with m’bad self. The pattern is Mystic Fire by Anna Dalvi, and…
To Kris; if you’re reading my blog this morning, this one’s for you :) Black Puddin is created for my dear childhood friend Kris, who does not wear colour. Kris can be seen in black, off-black, grey-black, brown-black and very occasionally dark burgundy-black. This is…
I loved my TFA Colour Affection so much that I had to make another one – in colours that sing Shireen. Ocean and earth colours from 3 skeins of Viola Viola that I seem to recall having made, and discarded, other plans for, came together…
My TFA Colour KAL project is finally finished, off the needles and I love it. I love it so much I’ve already cast on another one. The Pink Grapefruit turned out to be just the thing. Ravelry project page here: This is the Colour Affection…
The Shattered Sun Shawl is from Sweet Georgia Knits in Vancouver. Designed by Felicia Lo – this pattern was so gorgeous that I cast on almost as soon as I saw it. Ravelry Project page here. The recommended yarn was not carried anywhere here in…
I was looking for something cuddly to make out of some of the alpaca skeins I bought last autumn at Alpaca Acres in Stratford. Alpaca is so soft and luxurious – I knew it would make a great wrap! I selected the Citizen Shawl by…
I wanted something simple to show off a skein of TFA Olive that I picked up – I wanted something for my neck, with just enough pattern to look interesting but little enough that the beautiful colour in the yarn could really shine. I chose…
I think I really messed up the pattern along the way, adding way more eyelet ridges that was necessary and running out of yarn before I could do the 2nd repeat of the fleurette mesh, or the garter edging… but nonetheless I’m happy with it.…