by Cassy | Jan 2, 2015 | Knitting, Mishap, WIP
Sigh. What should have been the most straightforward and fast sweater for Matt has turned out to be a bit of a pain. I’m making him an Ease, adapting it to have a narrower neck, no waist curve, and shorter ribbing at the bottom and cuffs. Simple, right? Almost...
by Cassy | Dec 28, 2014 | Finished object, Knitting
I made my brother a Howlcat for Christmas, and it turns out that he loves it. He was a real ham for the camera. Howlcat can be worn as a cowl or a double thick hat. This is good for my brother, Charlie, because he lives in Minnesota. That seems like a complete frozen...
by Cassy | Dec 24, 2014 | Stash, Yarn
Happy Christmas Eve! Just a couple of weeks ago I was obsessing about this sock yarn, and I found a great score on eBay shortly afterward! I got two balls for less than the price of one. My feet will be in wooly bamboo heaven soon…just as soon as I finish three...
by Cassy | Dec 22, 2014 | Knitting, WIP
I’ve been a little quiet on the blog because I’ve been working on a totally secret project that I can probably talk about in a few days, and Matt’s gargantuan brown sweater (which is thankfully at the sleeves). I had to rip out about 10″ of...
by Cassy | Dec 11, 2014 | Yarn
You know when you can’t remember the name of something and it drives you crazy?! I have been trying to think of a yarn that I used for socks for both of my parents ages ago. Unfortunately, this was before I was good about putting almost every project that passed...
