by Cassy | Apr 7, 2016 | Knitting, WIP
These socks began Friday night when I realized that I didn’t have anything just right to knit in the downtime for cheering on runners the following day. I am a coach for Girls on the Run in some of my other non-knitting life and my team had volunteered to cheer...
by Cassy | Apr 5, 2016 | Finished object, Knitting
Sometimes I like to think about the mileage my hands traverse with skeins of yarn. Ok, so I don’t have the exact mileage on this one, but I know I used four full skeins of Ella Rae Lace Merino in Dark Teal (1840 yards) and I probably used at least 1oo yards of...
by Cassy | Mar 29, 2016 | Knitting, Mishap, WIP
When you have a creeping feeling in your gut that something is just not right with your knitting, you should pause, take a deep breath, and reread your pattern. And then maybe reread it again. And again, if necessary. I actually did that a couple of times and I kept...
by Cassy | Mar 28, 2016 | Knitting, WIP
Yesterday as one project came off the needles (Still Light Tunic), another project went immediately on a different pair of needles. This is Marin, the second. This time I went up a needle size. Last time I made this shawl I went with a size US 3 to help make sure I...
by Cassy | Mar 26, 2016 | Knitting, WIP
This, ladies and gentlemen, is my spring break project. My Still Light Tunic is nearly complete! I knitted like a fiend to get 10 inches below the pocket before the ribbing. I got really close and got to about 9.5″, then did about 3/4″ of ribbing, rather...
by Cassy | Mar 11, 2016 | Knitting, WIP
My second Still Light is just as much of a squishy stockinette joy as the first one I made almost four and a half years ago. I wear the first one very often and especially when I have to wear something semi-dressy and want to wear a knitted item. I really could use...
