With the upcoming new year, we’ll be hearing all about new beginnings, but right now I’m interested in a new finishing technique. Namely, a new-to-me stretchy bind-off. I finally finished the Shetland Lace Rib Socks I’ve been working at off and on since (ahem!) May. That’s just awful. But I have resisted all temptation to start another pair (or two)… Continue Reading A new finish
Continue reading →I try to keep it under control, but I seem to have developed a much worse case than usual of ‘startitis’ just recently.I suspect that the cause is twofold; one is the weather change (see the plants we brought inside for a couple of nights?), and the other is the sudden need for a couple of thank-you gifts. Here is… Continue Reading Startitis
Continue reading →Mine’s a little rusty, too, but I can put pencil to paper and get what I need.(Shades of high school algebra – I could get the answers right, just not the way they wanted me to!)But there are some ingenious, handy and free tools online, and we might as well take advantage of them, right? How much yarn?? http://www.woolfestival.com/articles/WPI.htm You’re… Continue Reading How’s your math?
Continue reading →First, a little knitting content, then on to the baby bunnies! I finished the Big Guy’s little Trellis cardigan, but don’t have pictures yet of him wearing it. ‘Finished garment on the floor’ pictures are on Flickr, but photos of the recipient wearing it will be much cuter! I’ve started two new projects. This sleeveless turtleneck (for me) is from… Continue Reading On the needles, in the nestboxes
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