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...
by Cassy | Dec 5, 2014 | Knitting, WIP
As soon as I got Paloma off my needles and cast on an Ease for Matt. My gauge is slightly different from the pattern, as mine is 17 sts over 4 inches since I decided to do this on an 8. I made it more masculine by making the neck narrower. To do that without doing...
by Cassy | Dec 2, 2014 | Finished object, knitalong, Knitting, Knitting challenge
I’ve had this Paloma finished for about a week now, but it always takes a little time to get pictures, so my reporting of it is a bit delayed. I’m very pleased with the outcome. I did this pattern almost exactly to specifications for the 38.5″ size,...
by Cassy | Nov 30, 2014 | Review, Yarn
Earlier this month some lovely folks at Blacker Yarns sent me some yarns to try in celebration of Wovember. I wanted to swatch these and post sooner, but I got caught up in my NaKniSweMo sweater goals and then the holiday. I finally got a chance to swatch the yarns...
by Cassy | Nov 24, 2014 | knitalong, Knitting, Knitting challenge, WIP
Oh, I love blocking sometimes. All of these pieces looked so skinny and out of sorts, but after a soak and some pinning they all behaved exactly as I wanted. I don’t always wet block sweaters. Sometimes if items are knit all in one piece and they don’t...
by Cassy | Nov 18, 2014 | knitalong, Knitting, Knitting challenge, WIP
I’ve been plugging away on my NaKniSweMo sweater goals. After finishing the back of Paloma I moved straight to the sleeves, because for some reason they always seem to be torturously long if I leave them till the end of the project. I did them second to get them...
