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Years ago I bought an amount of mohair on eBay. It was an excellent deal. I’ve made a few sweaters from it, a few shawls, some scarves, lots of cat toys, used it as mermaid hair, and knit basket liners (for Easter eggs) with it. The kids have used it for potholders, mitten decorations, and [...]

This is the garter stitch rectangle I had knit up in the prior post. The felt is formed. And it’s very pink. And extremely soft. Now I suppose because I really liked that yarn and I have to spin more. I know what’s it is destined to be; Lexi said as soon as she saw [...]

Last winter I checked Spinning for Softness and Speed by Paula Simmons out from the Salem Library. (One thing I do have to say for our area, the libraries are knitter and spinner friendly places.) The yarn pictured was the result of reading said book and trying the techniques therein, I wasn’t really fond of [...]

Had to knit a little. Yeah, just a little teeny bit. I’ll just cast on a few stitches. See how it knits up– then I’ll frog it and wind it back up. That’s the ticket. Pictured are size 11 knitting needles and my swatch. The fabric has a very cool squish and bounce to it.

That’s the name of the yarn. Incredible. It’s quite pretty, not that soft (although who knows what this will do when washed, my experience with Lion Brand yarns has been tainted with unexpected laundering results.) I think it’s pretty incredible that the first time I buy yarn this year it’s LB from the dollar store [...]

Lexi seems quite pleased with a shawl of her own. I think this will also make it much easier for her to leave my Icarus alone (although she’s terribly adorable when she tries to wear it, in no small part because it’s so huge on her.) See? I told you she could pull off wearing [...]

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 did that. I also made donuts, fry bread and crullers because I’m so talented. The socks are really nothing special, I’m pretty boring as socks go. Pink merino handspun, size 1 dpns, and a few evenings. They are a little baggy, but soft and comfy. Updating the blog and fixing the archives was a [...]

On the bright side, being offline gave me plenty of time to start (and finish) a sweater for the girl-child. It’s a gray 4-ply spindle spun merino yarn, 5 stitches per inch. Mostly from the size 30″ child’s raglan pattern from “the knitter’s handy book of sweater patterns” by Ann Budd. I was sort of [...]

I’m making bun covers, no– not the kind that keep dinner rolls warm or are delicately crocheted dainties for a lady’s hair– the other kind. You know, the kind that cover training pants. I actually like making pilchers, soakers, training pant covers and so on– they are cute (come on, anything that goes on a [...]