by Cassy | Apr 14, 2016 | Finished object, Knitting
The Marin shawl in Rhichard Devrieze Peppino (color: Flowers) is finished. This feels like the perfect thing for spring. The weather has been mostly lovely here with cooler mornings that require longer sleeves and some afternoons that don’t. Having a cadre of...
by Cassy | Mar 29, 2016 | Knitting, Mishap, WIP
When you have a creeping feeling in your gut that something is just not right with your knitting, you should pause, take a deep breath, and reread your pattern. And then maybe reread it again. And again, if necessary. I actually did that a couple of times and I kept...
by Cassy | Mar 28, 2016 | Knitting, WIP
Yesterday as one project came off the needles (Still Light Tunic), another project went immediately on a different pair of needles. This is Marin, the second. This time I went up a needle size. Last time I made this shawl I went with a size US 3 to help make sure I...
by Cassy | Mar 22, 2016 | Yarn
If you didn’t know this already, here’s a confession: I’m a hardcore yarn addict. Seriously. Wool fumes are a dangerous thing for me, especially when combined with an insanely gorgeous hand dyed speckled yarn. The picture above shows some yarn I saw...
