A simple summer shirt

A simple summer shirt

Anker’s Summer Shirt is complete! I actually photographed and wore it last Monday, but my blog game was completely derailed last week by too much fun. Terrible, eh? I was distracted by lots of fun friend time, seeing Jenny Lewis perform, more friend time, and a...
Studying lines

Studying lines

I started working on Vasarely at the beginning of a trip to San Francisco a couple of weeks ago. Though this pattern isn’t difficult, I ended up ripping out the beginning of it at least 3 times due to the inability to sit and work on it for a long enough stretch...
Before and after

Before and after

I’m working on an Anker’s Summer Shirt and it’s been a bit chaotic for such a simple knit. The pattern mentions that the shirt will stretch about 2 inches when worn. I did a quick swatch and it seemed like the US size 6 needles were the right ones...
Linen for the win

Linen for the win

Darlene has been finished for a couple of weeks, and joyously worn both in the 90+ degree heat here, and in the much cooler 75 degree temps in San Francisco this week. It has served me well. I used Euroflax Sport in Orchid and used about 2.5 skeins. I made the...
Overdue!

Overdue!

I finished this Kinton top at then end of May and I have been sloooow about posting the finished pictures. Taking finished pictures of garments can be a challenge sometimes. Today I whipped out my tripod, went into my trusty photography studio (aka the bathroom with...