Category: Musings

Giveaway! It’s time to de-lurk!

Okay, readers. I know you’re out there! And to help encourage you to de-lurk, I’m giving away a signed copy of my book! I know you’re wondering, “how can I…

read more February 1, 2011

Giganto-blanket – finished!

Buy the tutorial and pattern on Ravelry Buy tutorial and pattern on Etsy Want me to make you one? Click here for more info. Have questions about the giganto-blanket? Check…

read more January 20, 2011

Giganto-Blanket

Holy crap. What have I gotten myself into? Yes, those are broomsticks I’m knitting with. Magnus thinks I’ve lost my mind. If I haven’t gone bonkers yet, I might tonight,…

read more January 18, 2011

Iridescence Scarf

I made this for myself. Not so I could publish the pattern, not so I could sell it, not so I could give it as a gift. Just a plain-ol’…

read more January 5, 2011

Slippery Slope Pullover

This pullover has been in hiding for months because it was out for submissions, but now that it’s been rejected I can show it to you all. There’s always a…

read more January 2, 2011

Tessellated Cowl – Free Pattern!

Happy New Year! I’ve been vacationing in Breckenridge and Lake Tahoe this winter, so I’ve had a lot of time to think about keeping warm. I was especially concerned with…

read more January 1, 2011

Last minute tax-deductions

I’m justifying the purchase of six pounds of undyed wool roving from Sheep Shed Studio by reminding myself that it’s a tax-deductible purchase. That’s a good enough excuse, right? I…

read more December 16, 2010

Knitting with 1000 strands of yarn

Holy crap. This video just blew my mind. I was looking into how to knit with extremely bulky yarn (I have aspirations to make a broomstick-needle blanket sometime soon) and…

read more December 15, 2010

46,736

That’s 3,264 stitches short of a valid NaKniSweMo entry. I know because I finally calculated it out: Oh well. I figure designing the sweater myself and sewing in all my…

read more December 1, 2010

Frog and Cat

Please excuse the grainy iPhone photo. I was more than halfway through the armhole shaping of the right-front of my argyle cardigan when I realized I had offset the argyle…

read more November 18, 2010