by Cassy | Mar 11, 2016 | Knitting, WIP
My second Still Light is just as much of a squishy stockinette joy as the first one I made almost four and a half years ago. I wear the first one very often and especially when I have to wear something semi-dressy and want to wear a knitted item. I really could use...
by Cassy | Mar 2, 2016 | Knitting, WIP
Most of the time I wait and make a blog post when I’ve started a new project, or when I’ve reached a significant point of progress. I thought I would wait until I had one side of this Rift finished up to the top of the neck before writing about it again,...
by Cassy | Feb 22, 2016 | Knitting, WIP
How many of you out there knit the same projects over and over? I love to mix things up, but there are favorites of mine that I knit over and over. For some of these, like Ishbel, I’d say it’s because I both really enjoy the process and the product it...
by Cassy | Feb 11, 2016 | Knitting, WIP
Rift has been in my hands often in the past couple of weeks. I think I expected to have made a little more progress at this point, somehow forgetting that I have a full-time job, two kids, a husband, and an active social life as well. In my brain I sometimes live in a...
by Cassy | Feb 3, 2016 | giveaway, Review
I’ve tried several monthly subscription boxes, but never a yarn-related one. Last month the folks at Yarn Crush asked if I would review one of their subscription boxes and I jumped at the chance.Yarn Crush focuses on using yarn from indie dyers and they pair...
by Cassy | Jan 27, 2016 | Knitting, WIP
I wasn’t feeling inspired by many men’s knits recently. I knit Matt a sweater every year (sometimes two) but this year I wasn’t feeling the sweater mojo when it came to a guy sweater till about a week and a half ago. I love my LYS and the knitters...
by Cassy | Jan 25, 2016 | Review
This is a long post about my laundry experiments with some wool wash. If you want lots of details about washing wool, read on friend. If you just want a brief synopsis, scroll to the verdict at end. The very friendly and kind folks at Unicorn Fibre sent me some...
by Cassy | Jan 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
At my LYS the lovely owner, Cynthia, recently knit herself a Betwixt out of Mirasol Sulka, a yarn I had never tried before. It was gorgeous and had enough silk to give it a bit of sheen. And it was warm when I tried it on. Just what you want in a winter hat.The yarn I...
by Cassy | Jan 15, 2016 | Review
The folks at Mochimochi Land recently sent me a Tiny Ballerina Kit to review. The product is available for $12 and comes with the pattern and enough yarn to make three wee ballerinas. In theory, this is fun and adorable. In reality, I am all thumbs when working with...
by Cassy | Jan 13, 2016 | Knitting, WIP
Last weekend I was hanging out in my latest Breezy, hiding behind “the wings” and being playful at the dinner table. Zooey commented that she would like a “wing sweater” and of course I had to jump at the chance to make her one. She said she...
