Christmas Hermiones

I’m still playing catch up with some projects that were presents that I haven’t blogged about. This is a pair of Hermione’s Everyday Socks in some Knit One Crochet Too Ty-Dy Socks in the color Painted Desert. These were a gift for my friend Karen in...

My brother, the ham.

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...

Goodbye, Socktober

I finished the Monkeys I’ve been working on out of the Republic of Wool yarn in Artificial Light. I did these toe up and did a heel flap. You can see the crazy way the striping happened on the heel here: I finished these a couple of days ago and I’ve been...

Introducing Articulation

I’m very happy to be releasing a new pattern today! It’s called Articulation (thank you, Andrea for your suggestion on this post).  I started the knitting at the end of July and finished at the beginning of September.  The knitting is the most fun process...

More rejected knitwear

Ok, ok. I’m trying to be cool about this. I finished this Like Sleeves tunic several weeks ago and so far the few attempts to put it on Z for a picture have been met with staunch refusal. I still have hope. We haven’t had many cold days, so I have only...