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...
by Cassy | Nov 11, 2014 | knitalong, Knitting challenge, WIP
Keeping up with my NaKniSweMo 2014 goals, I’ve started a sweater for Z. It’s an Abate. I made her one last year as well, but I decided to go a size up this year to make one that would fit next year too. She wears a lot of leggings, and oversized sweaters...
by Cassy | Nov 5, 2014 | knitalong, Knitting, Knitting challenge, WIP
I finally decided on a NaKniSweMo (National Knit a Sweater in a Month) sweater pattern. I chose Paloma, by Thea Colman, a cozy and winter-perfect sweater. I had some Cascade Ecological Wool in my stash that I’ve been earmarking for a sweater like this. The color...
by Cassy | Oct 30, 2014 | Finished object, knitalong, Knitting
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...
by Cassy | Sep 7, 2014 | Finished object, knitalong, Knitting challenge, Review
I’m pretty thrilled with my SSKAL 2014 project, Coda. The sweater is a lovely Brooklyn Tweed pattern, by the talented Olga Buraya-Kefelian. The yarn is Cascade 220 (one of my all time favorite workhorse wool yarns) in Summer Sky, an apt name for a summer...
