Nocturnal Knit's Musings

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…

Introducing Knitters for Kiva

I’m proud to introduce Knitters for Kiva, a new group that will hopefully inspire many of you to take part in the exciting and inspirational microfinance revolution. Learn more about…

Dress to Impress

Oh, hello! Didn’t see you there. I’ve been busy making marmalade. And yes, I dress like that whenever I’m in the kitchen as a matter of pride. You believe me,…

Ravelry to the rescue!

I always forget just how much yarn sleeves use. To me, they’re always an afterthought. They’re just little tubes after all, right? Wrong. They take up a lot of yarn.…

Going green

I haven’t been able to do any knitting in the last 48 hours, but I have been quite the little eco-friendly person. Last night, I went on a hike to…

I feel a distance growing between us…

The back and sides of Starsky (pattern | Ravelry) are now blocking. Unfortunately, they’re blocking on a mattress over 200 miles away. I’ll explain: I went to Fresno for 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…

Kitten Mittens – the full commercial!

Or should I say, “Kitten Mittons!!” I’ve gotta get cracking on my own set!

Major milestone, long in the making

Well, this took a while. I got the yarn in the mail on Halloween 2007, and more than 2 years later I can finally say I’ve gotten the majority of…

Introducing Nocturnalknits.com!

Welcome to nocturnalknits.com! I’ve been planning on moving my blog to its own domain for a long while now, but other projects and the daily grind have gotten in the…

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