I absolutely love my measuring tape. It is one of those really important tools that if you make stuff you are going to need all the time. If I didn’t think mine was so pretty I would have definitely made a cute cover for it like…
Category: Yarning
Rainbow Drops {Free Pattern}
I had this idea. I have a lot of those. Ideas I mean. They just pop into my head at the most inconvenient times ever. This particular idea materialized while I was knitting the Tella Sundress, which was not a good time for ideas to come…
Friday’s FO: The Tella Sundress
Oh yeah I finished it. I am quite pleased with how it turned out and the recipient likes it too :-). Now to write a pattern and grade it. Is anyone interested in test knitting, just let me know in the comments.
Trying to get back on …
… is usually the hardest thing. After the 3rd Annual Knitting and Crochet Blog week and managing to blog 7 days in a row, I felt totally all blogged out. Then I caught a cold. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t been idle. I crocheted a…
Just Make Another One
I could never make two of the same thing until I started knitting socks. You finish the first sock and then you need to make an exact same one in the same size, pattern and color. So on Friday after I had made a quick dress,…
The yarn is always right
I finally finished knitting this little number which I have decided to call Princess Peplums I didn’t really plan this. I wanted something lacier and drapier but the yarn would not have it. I swatched the lace and even figured out all the increases and shaping…
Friday’s FO: Socks
You might remember these socks. I threw them in the washing and totally forgot they were not superwash. And the lesson learned is that fingering weight yarn that knits up beautifully into socks but is not superwash is just a recipe for disaster. On the bright…