Category Archives: Finished Objects
Perpendicular and Ombre
My desire to blog regularly has been met with the craziness that is my everyday life.
Life won this battle. This is the first new post in almost two months. Blerg.
The good news is I have two finished objects to show you. Bonus: they’re both original designs! The first is my “Perpendicular” baby sweater [Ravelry]:
I have [...]
Christmas Knitting
To preserve my sanity and my wrists, I decided to only knit one Christmas present this year. I wanted to make something for my stepmom. She’s hard to buy for, but I know she values craftsmanship and beauty, so I thought making something delicate and pretty would be appropriate.
I decided to make Ysolda [...]
Don’t Look Back
I don’t know about you, but I’m altogether sick of all the retrospectives floating around right now. Sure, it’s a natural inclination to look back on the past year (or decade) and reflect on all that has transpired. And don’t get me wrong, I’ve done my own personal musing about how much difference a [...]
Red Dwarf
No, not that kind of red dwarf. This kind:
The star reference is a bit more obvious during blocking:
I made this little blanket for a friend’s newborn a few months back (Ravelry). I used some Nashua Creative Focus Worsted (Ravelry) I had lying around, and while the color was gorgeous, I felt the yarn was [...]
Bootie-licious
I love it when my friends have babies, not only because it means another little being is coming into the world, but because it gives me an excuse to make adorable knits!(Ravelry link)
I was inspired by Brookyln Handmade’s Baby Chucks pattern, and even bought the pattern from her for five dollars. When I started looking [...]
Girasole – finished!
Here’s the problem with secret knitting projects…
You have to keep them a secret. This means you definitely can’t blog about them, especially if the intended recipient is a regular reader of your blog. This was the case with my Girasole by Jared Flood [Ravelry]. I was knitting it as a wedding present for a [...]
iPhone Mittens
It’s cold in Chicago.
I live in Los Angeles (currently 66°F), where it’s easy to forget that most of the country is experiencing this thing called “winter.” I also don’t realize the special challenges that bundling up under countless layers of clothing presents.
For example: my friend Danielle, a PhD student at the University of Chicago, [...]
Warning signs?
I’ve never really considered knitting a high-risk hobby. Sure, my wrists are often sore and I even gave myself tendonitis from knitting too much. As a naturally paranoid person, I have considered the unlikely chance of getting stabbed by a needle while driving or during plane turbulence. But as I had never heard a verifiable [...]
Post-Valentine’s Post
Usually I’m not one to think twice about Valentine’s Day. It’s never really meant much to me as a holiday, maybe because I’ve usually had very low-key Valentine’s nights or because I like to have low expectations to hedge against disappointment.
So imagine my pleasant surprise when yesterday turned out to be an awesome, fun, romantic [...]
On a kick
I’m on a fingerless gloves kick. Some knitters call them wristwarmers. I just like them because they’re so fast to knit.
Here are some silk garden ones:
And some kureyon twisted-rib ones:
I even managed to sell both these pairs without trying — the blue ones went to a coworker and K is snagging the twisted-rib ones.
Man, [...]
