Felted tea cozy
The final cozy felted a bit more than the gauge swatch, leaving the bottom of my tea pot exposed, but not by much. I think if I were to reknit this I’d add at least 3 more inches in length. Maybe just a squidge more. The finishing was super easy, I snipped a small hole [...]
Tea cozy, again
Second attempt, same yarn. Cast on 80 stitches over size 8 (US) circular needles and knit 3, p1 until it measured 9 inches tall. Then I slipped k3tog, p 1 on the last round, threaded the tail through the live loops twice, pulled tight and threw that sucker in the wash. Where it is now. [...]
Cotton yarn was probably not the best choice
At least not the best choice for a massive knitting project. I’ve finished one light blue Garden plot square and started on the second one. The squares are coming out nicely, but I have to work considerably less on them because the cotton has no give and makes my wrists ache.
So I’m a little slow
It just takes me a little longer to figure out what every other knitter knows already: Knitpicks is da’ shizzle when it comes to needles. Once I decide on a tried and true thing it’s very hard for me to change brands, or even styles within a brand. I debated for days, then weeks, and [...]
Observe the mohair in its natural habitat
Law of mohair #142: Intentional ripping of mohair from knitted article in progress will be prevented by the innate ability of mohair to suck and tangle into itself. Law of mohair #143 All mohair articles larger than 2 cubic inches knitted on metal circular needles will reject said needles when the article is in a [...]
Finished the Flower Basket
Seriously, I finished the shawl. I even blocked it. It’s after 8 o’clock so the intended recipient is unavailable to model it. It’s past her bed time. Although it’s pretty heartening to hear, “That’s my beautiful shawl?” as I pin it to shape on the quilt. I think Lexi likes it. The yarn is handspun [...]
I ran out of room on my circular needles
Which was quickly resolved by making a run to Have You Any Wool which is simply one of the most tempting places to browse. I love that store. They didn’t have the crystal palace circs in size one but did have the addi turbos in size one so I went with those, although I definitely [...]
Knitting Progress
Yes, progress– much more progress in length and width than I expected (the measure is near the right front meets sleeve angle.) I was a little worried that changing the gauge would alter the angle of the raglan shaping and cause all sorts of disasters, but just by good luck it seems to have had [...]
No pattern goes un-tinkered!
While perusing blogs I found Julsey (Peony Knits)and found myself obsessing over the capelet pattern that she shares. I like the shaping, I even like the color she used. I don’t like the yarn-over treatment of the raglan shaping and I don’t particularly like teeny garments in bulky. And I think that a bit of [...]