Tag Archives: self-striping
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 [...]
Old Standby
I’ve been busy working on getting my Perpendicular pattern ready for release, but in the meantime I’ve fallen back on an old standy: entrelac.
I’m making a baby blanket out of Crystal Palace Mochi Plus in the “Intense Rainbow” colorway, and I couldn’t think of a better stitch pattern for this yarn. My stepsister is having [...]
It never rains in Southern California
With all the fires and 90-degree weather, it seems like years since we’ve had rain in Los Angeles.
Photo by kristi.nicole
But last night the heavens opened up. I was ecstatic. I love rain. I grew up in a desert during a 7-year drought, so rain is exotic and exciting in my world. Sure, I went [...]
Self-Striping One-Skein Hat
I felt like making myself a hat. So I went down to Michael Levine’s in Los Angeles and found some Filatura DiCrosa’s “127 Print” yarn in color 41. I bought two skeins, but was lucky to get away with only using one for this hat:
I took these pics using my fabulous built-in iSight camera. The [...]
