Tag Archive: fo

Back to Basics

When I decided to knit my wedding dress, I knew I was embarking on an ambitious project.  It took months to complete, and required meticulous charting, and laser focus. This post…

read more August 24, 2016

Hyperion Pullover

I’m so happy to announce my latest pattern for Knit Picks: my Hyperion Pullover! It’s named after the winding and hilly Hyperion Avenue in Los Angeles — home of the…

read more March 26, 2015

The tale of my first handspun FO

A quick story in pictures. I found an Ashford Traditional spinning wheel on Craigslist for a great price, so I bought it. (Molly likes it.) I found this beautiful Dicentra…

read more March 3, 2015

Giganto-News

You guys! My giganto-blanket is #19 and #20 on this Buzzfeed list. How cool is that? Thanks, Buzzfeed! I also wanted to give y’all a sneak peek at my newest…

read more May 16, 2013

Buck? Dunny? Raduck?

I felt like doing a little stash busting recently, so I decided to make one of Susan B. Anderson’s reversible knit toys. I thought this little duck/bunny toy was irresistibly…

read more March 21, 2013

‘Tis the Season

I’m not usually all that excited about Christmas, in fact, I’m usually pretty ambivalent about the whole thing. On one hand, I love the songs, drinking egg nog, and the…

read more December 6, 2012

Iro-Moko

Look, everyone! It’s an actual, real-life F.O.! (That’s “Finished Object” for the uninitiated.) It’s been so long since I’ve finished a knitting project for myself, I wasn’t quite sure what…

read more November 13, 2012

Election Day 2012

Four years ago I knit this sweater, which I dubbed Obama-rama: Today, Barack Obama is up for reelection. Yesterday, when I pulled out the sweater to show the world who…

read more November 6, 2012

Gondola Cables — Free Hat Pattern!

Check out the new hat I just made: It’s a real simple beanie made from far less than one skein of KnitPicks Chroma Worsted in the Galapagos colorway. Check out…

read more February 2, 2012

Afraid of changes…

I’m not necessarily afraid of change, but lately I’ve been afraid of changes… changes to my blog, that is. I got hacked. A bunch of times. I think it was…

read more January 26, 2012