Last gasp of winter

Last gasp of winter

April has been very weird in Arkansas this year. Last weekend it snowed, though very lightly. That’s pretty unusual for us. The intermittent icy blasts of cold prompted me to finally finish this Pink Memories sweater that I started mid-January. The yarn is Louet...
A small and sweet sweater

A small and sweet sweater

This sweater if for my baby niece, Rosalie, up in the frozen tundra (not quite) of Minnesota. I was lax on making her a sweater by Christmas, so on Valentine’s Day I conjured up the idea for this one and set to work. I couldn’t find exactly the kind of...
A journey, for certain

A journey, for certain

I’m thrilled to finally show this sweater on the blog. It’s been through a bit of a journey. My call to adventure came from Matt’s polite and persistent desire for a fingering weight sweater in navy. At first I was reluctant to this call, but it was...
A matched pair

A matched pair

The Endpaper Mitts are finished and have been handed off to Zooey’s kindergarten teacher. I didn’t get to see her open them, so I’m just hoping she enjoys them! I’m glad to have them done. When I put my concentration on finishing the second one...
Baby pants are my favorite pants

Baby pants are my favorite pants

I wish I could show you these pants on my sweet and adorable niece, but alas in the festivities of Christmas I forgot to try for a photo like that. I did remember to take a hasty photo before I wrapped them in a package, so at least I can share those. These are a...
Aperture, the gradient version

Aperture, the gradient version

This version of Aperture Shawl was a little improvised at some stages. I used a Katia Gradient kit and planned on following the charts for the smaller shawl. I wanted to use as much yarn as I could by making additional repeats of the final shawl chart for as long as I...