I finally cast on a Color affection. I am really late to the party but I have been wanting to knit this since it came out. I wanted to do it in bright crazy colors but only had white, light gray and dark gray so I…
Category: Knitting
Socks in Progress {Wednesday’s WIP}
I am still knitting on my stripey socks. I am loving the bright colors and clear stripes.
The weekend is over
I turned these mini granny squares into hair clips and pins. I usually avoid the tiny hooks but these were made using cotton pearle thread and a 1.5 mm steel hook. It wasn't as hard as I thought. I am definitely going to make more miniatures…
Just keep knitting
Some projects seem to take forever. They are not necessarily harder that others but they just seem to take much more time than they are supposed to. This blanket is one of them. It should have been finished months ago. I am using bulky yarn and…
I love simple lace {Wednesday’s WIP}
I do. I love simple and easy repeats that I can memorize and run with. I love the anticipation of blocking it and watching it grow in size and beauty. I love the slowness and deliberateness of it but at the same time how consuming it…
Another hitchhiker and a bookmark. {Friday’s FO}
I started a new book and felt that a new book mark was in order. After a little browsing (wasting a lot of time) on ravelry I found a cute pattern that I liked. The pattern is called Bookmark Trio by Megan Goodacre, it has three…
Needles and Yarn, the yarn store in Kuwait {an Interview}
Last week I discovered a gem in Kuwait. A little yarn store called Needles and Yarn. The first thing you notice when you walk in is how sunny and bright it is. With a huge window, the natural sunlight makes all the yarn look magical. If…