Knitting

Recent knitting and other goings-on

Life has been hectic lately. You know when things get very busy and very stressful, and you don’t have time for the things you love and you can’t enjoy them anyway because you feel worried and anxious ALL the time? It sucks, right? Stress comes and goes. I thought I’d focus instead on some of [...]

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Rose Sweater

Here’s my latest finished knitting project. It’s called Made So Quickly and it’s from the book A Stitch in Time. I actually have the book from the early 1970s, but the new one seems to be updated with gorgeous photos and modern yarns, so I highly recommend it! I’m not 100% crazy about the yarn [...]

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Luxury yarn

I am dying to make sweaters from this ice cream colored yarn I just received from Colourmart. If you haven’t seen Colourmart before, they sell cashmere, silk, and other luxury yarn factory remainders for very affordable prices. I picked out a pale blue cashmere/merino blend, a mint green cashmere/merino, dove grey 100% cashmere, and pale [...]

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The amazing Icelandic knitting book

Long ago, I promised I’d share with you the amazing book of patterns and motifs I bought in Iceland. This book was a real splurge for me. It is huge, gorgeously printed by the local museum in Reykjavik, and as far as I could tell, unavailable outside of the country. I went back and looked [...]

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Knitted aviator cap and scarflette

Check out the new scarf and aviator cap I knitted up recently! I’ve been dying to make a hat like this for a while, and I think the scarflette is adorable and quite warm! The yarn is Malabrigo merino worsted in mineral red, and it is so soft. It’s kettle dyed and has some slight [...]

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