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Gyroscopic Cardi Part II
Posted on | May 27, 2011 | No Comments
Making progress on the Gyroscopic Cardigan, having finished the sleeves and back last week, shaping and all… am absolutely loving the way two repeats of the charted motif create a third one up the center. Here’s another view. The twisted stitches and minimal cable crossings create wonderful texture up the back, undulating from ribbed hem to [...]
Twirling Like a Gyroscope
Posted on | May 10, 2011 | 2 Comments
With so much secret knitting kept necessarily under wraps, it has been quite some time since I last had the opportunity to design a new sweater for yours truly. In fact, it has been a long time since I could blog about anything more exciting than baby caps, of which I have been enamored lately [...]
Some Choices Are Harder Than Others
Posted on | April 10, 2011 | 1 Comment
But we have a winner nonetheless. Down to two options (nobody seemed to care for the clear cut glass buttons), the brass bunches of cherries or these green resin ones, I finally settled on the green. The brass ones seemed like overkill once I decided to applique the little crocheted bunches of cherries to the fronts [...]
April WIP
Posted on | April 2, 2011 | No Comments
I really hoped to post on April 1st, but the day got away from me. The only “fool-ish” thing about it was when I went to a lunch get-together for a friend’s birthday, only to discover that the guest of honor didn’t show. Her daughter had gone into labor the night before, and my friend [...]
Knitting for Babies
Posted on | March 28, 2011 | 2 Comments
Lately, it seems as if everybody I know is having a baby. Some of my older friends have grown children who are starting families of their own. Some of my younger friends are adopting or bearing children at an alarming rate. Alarming only because I want to knit for all of them, but am simply [...]
Blue Pleated Cardigan
Posted on | February 28, 2011 | 1 Comment
Every once in a while, I remember something I forgot. The Blue Pleated Cardigan is one of those. After I finished making it in 2009, I wore it to death for at least a year. Then, for reasons I no longer remember, I consigned it to the top shelf of my closet. That is to [...]
I’m Knitting As Fast As I Can
Posted on | December 14, 2010 | 1 Comment
Having just completed writing up the pattern for a secret project, I needed something soothing to work on. Something a little bit mindless. Something mindless that would nevertheless result in a garment I will be happy to wear. And that’s why I am Working up another of Cocoknits’ designs, this time the Louisa long-sleeved tunic. I [...]
Sabine
Posted on | December 8, 2010 | 1 Comment
Another recent FO to share, Sabine is my first – and perhaps my only – knitted holiday gift for this year. Sabine is for my daughter, who goes to college in a cold-winter climate, who has coveted this yarn (Mountain Colors “Bearfoot”, a DK weight blend of wool, mohair, and nylon) ever since it first appeared in my [...]
Designer Spotlight #9 – Jennifer Hagan, Figknits
Posted on | September 10, 2010 | 1 Comment
When Jen Hagan of figknits offered to make the Global Cable Coat for Brave New Knits, I had to pinch myself. The sketch she sent me was promising, but it was impossible to imagine how much more gorgeous this sweater-coat would be in real life. Knit with bulky weight, hard-wearing Beaverslide Dry Goods McTaggart Tweeds [...]
Baby Love
Posted on | August 11, 2010 | No Comments
Although none of my friends are having babies anymore, at least their own kids are. It’s so nice to have an excuse to knock out an adorable baby knit! This sweet little sweater, based on a free pattern from Jimmy Beans Wool, is called the Presto Chango (by Valerie Wallis) and took one week to work up. Seriously, it [...]