Category: Knitting

What is in your knitting notion toolkit?

What is in your knitting notions kit? I keep all of my notions in a big tin, because I love them and it is easier to access whatever you need compared to a zippered case.  I have a needle book where I keep most of the…

The never ending scarf {Friday’s FO}

*This is the never ending scarf, someone started knitting it, not knowing what it was, and they will go on knitting it forever and ever just because.. * It certainly felt that way, but it is now done, and crudely blocked because it is so long…

Reviewing 2014

  Last year I did a review on my year.  One of the nice things about blogging is that you can go back and see what it was like a specific point in time.  I had no resolutions last year, but I had two personal goals,…

Another FO this week

This kid has me wrapped around her finger, she sat (not so patiently) next to me as I worked on the sleeves, asking every 5 minutes if I were done yet.  She then proceeded to ask me every 2 minutes if I were done while I…

Hitofude Cardigan {Friday’s FO}

I should have taken a picture with the big girl camera, but I took this a couple of days ago and I still haven’t woven in the ends yet.  I am so pleased with this pattern.  It is written beautifully.  It was a fantastic and extremely…

Knitting for other people {Wednesday’s WIP}

Knitting is a solitary sport, it is a doorway to the place in your mind where you can have some very interesting conversations with yourself.  But then again we knit for others and that changes the game a little.  When you knit for someone else, you…

Varriegated Sock yarn socks

I have had this yarn for quite a while now, and I tried to use it before but just couldn’t find the perfect pattern for it, the colors are bright and saturated so any stitch pattern was usually drowned out by the loudness of the colors.…