by Cassy | Aug 14, 2014 | knitalong, Knitting, WIP
Coda has captured my attention for quite a few evenings this week. It’s my SSKAL14 project this year, and it’s delightful to knit. It was smooth sailing through the stockinette. I threw in an extra waist decrease and knit an extra 3/4″ length for my...
by Cassy | Aug 12, 2014 | Knitting
In the midst of a few secret and public projects, I forgot about my Linum Tee. I’ve been so excited about fall knits like Coda and a secret sweater project I’ve been working on, that it completely slipped my mind that I have a fabulous lightweight linen...
by Cassy | Aug 10, 2014 | Finished object, Knitting
I love making Pinwheel Blankets for babies. It’s a ton of stockinette in the round, so it requires very little thinking, and I like the idea of round blankets. I used the Happy Feet DK yarn I recently acquired in the colorway lemon-lime sherbet. Since I messed...
by Cassy | Aug 6, 2014 | knitalong, Knitting, WIP
The yarn came Monday afternoon! Now I can turn this: into this for this year’s Summer Sweater KAL. The yarn is Cascade 220 in Summer Sky heather, one of the most truly gorgeous yarns my eyes have beheld. Mmmm. Though the unstretched ribbing looks like a...
by Cassy | Aug 2, 2014 | Knitting, Mishap, WIP
Oy. An hour ago this ball of yarn was an object that I thought was almost finished. And now it’s a ball of yarn.There was no fixing it. This object-that-shall-not-yet-be-named was the wrong shape, and there was no way around it. All 600+ yards of yarn that...
