Category: Knitting

Be a Knitvocate

Saturdays are a special day for me. My daughter is on the school swimming team and has practice every Saturday morning. I drop her off then head to the near by coffee shops. It is walking distance from the school, so I get my walk in,…

The Joy of Knitting Socks

I love knitting. I love knitting sweaters, cardigans, shawls, scarves, toys, and so on. But most of all, I love knitting socks. They can be as simple or as complicated as you would like. They are a blank canvas for experimentation or learning knew techniques. And…

Lost knitting mojo, found!

I have been having the worst case of knitting enui. Everything dragged on and felt uninspired.  I knit socks and am still working on a scarf. I hate the yarn, hate the pattern and the color is so meh. It felt like knitter’s block. I even…

How to Level Up in Knitting

I was browsing a knitting forums this morning and came across a post where someone was asking whether knitting will eventually stop being clunky or if knitting is not for them.  Ultimately the answer is yes and no.  It is probably a question that every maker…

Cloud Bay Cardigan (aka Freekeh Cardigan) [WIP]

When the yarn reminds you of one of your favorite grains, that is what you call it.  So this my friends is my Freekeh Cardigan.  The pattern is Cloud Bay which I am loving so far.  The design is quite simple. It is just a run…

Just a quick update …

I am busy but I am not too busy to blog, I am just wasting time.  I am ok with that.  But I intend to fix it.  I leave you with a collection of some of the things I have made recently.