by Cassy | Aug 2, 2014 | Knitting, Mishap, WIP
Oy. An hour ago this ball of yarn was an object that I thought was almost finished. And now it’s a ball of yarn.There was no fixing it. This object-that-shall-not-yet-be-named was the wrong shape, and there was no way around it. All 600+ yards of yarn that...
by Cassy | Jul 30, 2014 | Knitting, WIP
Though I wish I was casting on for the Summer Sweater KAL right this moment since it starts today, it will be a couple of days until I am able to do so. In the meantime, I’m finishing up a little surprise something for a friend. This is as much as I can show...
by Cassy | Jul 28, 2014 | Knitting, WIP
Z isn’t two until the 31st, but today I got the feeling that this top must be knit, so I cast it on. I bought this Jo Sharp Soho Summer DK cotton yarn last summer at my LYS last summer deeply discounted, and I meant to do this sooner, but you know…time...
by Cassy | Jul 23, 2014 | Knitting, Tips, WIP
I’ve been camping out with some sock knitting lately since I can take socks to work and easily knit them during meetings and trainings. Linum Tee is at a part that requires some attention to the pattern, but I’ve made so many socks that they seem to just...
by Cassy | Jul 17, 2014 | Knitting, WIP
I began a pair of Simple Skyp Socks the other night when I realized I’d left my other sock project in my office. It’s hard for me not to have a pair of socks around for knitting. As my friend Jane Foster aptly puts it, “Socks are...
by Cassy | Jul 15, 2014 | Knitting, WIP
My Linum Tee is growing up and getting curves in new places. This pattern doesn’t include waist shaping, so I’m experimenting a bit. I decided to keep all the shaping on the back, and I decreased and increased in a somewhat dramatic hourglass. It will...
