Category Archives: Finished Objects
Once Around the Block
The entrelac baby blanket is finished.
Check it out on Ravelry.
I used about 5 1/2 skeins of Mochi Plus, which translated to a 33″ by 23″ blanket before blocking. But after blocking…
…it turned into a 36″ square piece of fabric. Not too shabby.
I cast on 77 stitches, and knit your standard entrelac with 11 blocks [...]
Refine School is in Session
EXCITING EDIT: You can now buy this pattern on Ravelry!
I’d like you all to meet my most recent creation, Refine School:
The title is a nod to the pattern Old School, the much-larger argyle bag from my book, Picture Perfect Knits.
I bought the yarn for this (the old standby Lamb’s Pride Bulky) thinking I was [...]
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 [...]
