by Cassy | May 1, 2013 | Design, Knitting, WIP
I’m slogging on with this man-sized sweater. The great news is that it’s turning out exactly as I imagined it! The bad news is we don’t have our air-conditioning window units put back in the house for the season and it’s a bit sticky in the...
by Cassy | Mar 23, 2013 | Design, Finished object, Knitting
Introducing Evoke, a unisex ribbed hat in handspun yarn. I loved the way this yarn looked knitted in this rib pattern so much. The yarn is Pretty Southern handspun in Movement. The ribbing works well to highlight the texture of the handspun, and the constant color...
by Cassy | Mar 21, 2013 | Design, Knitting
Well, those sleeves were boring the heck out of me, so I decided to take a break. I was also being way too altruistic in my knitting, since all four projects I was working on were for other people. I remembered I had this lovely skein from PrettySouthern sitting in my...
by Cassy | Mar 19, 2013 | Design, Knitting, WIP
Why oh why does it seems like sleeves take forever? The back flew by, even with the couple of minor frogs I had to execute. If you’re not a knitter, a sentence reading “frogs I had to execute” could sound so sinister… For any laypeople or...
by Cassy | Mar 12, 2013 | Design, Knitting, WIP
I’m still plugging away on Matt’s sweater. It served as a faithful companion for breaks during my week of comprehensive exams. I’ve never designed a sweater before and part of this process is just being ok with ripping and reknitting. Maybe...
by Cassy | Feb 28, 2013 | Design, Knitting, Mishap, WIP
Firstly, apologies if you read this blog on Google Reader, or some other reader feed. I was reorganizing my blog posts the other day, giving them categories, and titles to some that imported from waaaaaaaaaaay back when I used Blogger. I noticed in my Reader feed...
