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
Continue reading →I had always kind of wondered if it could be done, but never had a compelling reason to find out – until a few days ago. Before that, it was just musing about the concept of taking two commercial yarns, unplying them and recombining and replying them for a more interesting look. Yeah. I had a vacation day and a… Continue Reading Unplying
Continue reading →Okay, I’m going out on a limb here… I’ve decided to do quite a bit of “show and tell” as I’m working through the design for my current major project. This is a bit risky, because of course I can’t guarantee how it’s going to turn out, or how many false paths I’ll be starting down (and then backtracking), but… Continue Reading Design-in-progress: Ithilien Brocade
Continue reading →Pictures! Finally! The original Cardigan for Arwen c by Kate Gilbert, photo used by permission Buy the pattern at http://kategilbert.com/p_arwen.html And now my customized version. Now that I have pictures, I’m going to inflict a lot of them on you! Just a quick summary of the differences: I changed the hood, from pointy to rounded. My sweater is a bit… Continue Reading More about Arwen
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