by Cassy | Feb 18, 2013 | Knitting, Stash
I might have gone yarn crazy (as if you didn’t already know), but I’m just going to embrace it. WEBS was having a sale on discontinued colors of Cascade 220 and I decided it was the perfect time to get enough yarn to make Matt a fantastic cardigan with...
by Cassy | Feb 15, 2013 | Knitting, Mishap, WIP
I am chugging along at the Delancey Cardigan at a decent pace. The yarn is so wonderful to knit, and I love that Alexis Winslow provides detailed instructions. However, there have been a few moments of user error. I sometimes forget to click the row counter and then...
by Cassy | Feb 14, 2013 | Knitting, Stash
Last night I was beginning to catalog my stash on Ravelry. I was taking Fridica’s suggestion and I wanted to get started because I knew it was going to take quite some time.I was deeply into the sock yarns, grabbing them out of my plastic bin, laying them on the...
by Cassy | Feb 12, 2013 | Finished object, Knitting
I finished my fourth pair of socks for Matt. I’d like him to be as spoiled as I am one day and be able to use hand knit socks daily in the colder months because he loves them so much. He says this is the softest pair yet! I made him this pair out of some Opal...
by Cassy | Feb 8, 2013 | Knitting, WIP
I have begun knitting Delancey in Sublime Baby Cashmere Merino Silk DK. I chose the colors Vanilla for the main color and Buttercup for the contrasting color. So far I’m liking the colors. I had originally chosen a more pumpkin-orange for the CC, but I waited...
by Cassy | Feb 6, 2013 | Finished object, Knitting
We recently attended the first birthday party of Truman Rex, a delightful baby belonging to some great friends of ours. I whipped up a little Antler Cardigan out of some Classic Elite Liberty Wool in Mallard (conveniently washable). Here is the result: His parents...