by Cassy | Mar 11, 2017 | Knitting, Mishap, WIP
I’m mad at this sweater. Sometimes I want to throw it across the room or shove it into a project bag and put off thinking about it for a year. Perhaps I should have ripped it out (for the third time) awhile ago. This is a case where I want the finished object...
by Cassy | Feb 28, 2017 | Knitting, WIP
I got the opportunity to try out some Regia 6-ply yarn in my very favorite Arne and Carlos colorway, fall night. Recently I got a hole in a pair of Regia socks and contacted their customer service to replace the yarn (since they have that 10 year guarantee listed on...
by Cassy | Feb 6, 2017 | Knitting, WIP
Flaum is getting continued attention and the magic of the collar/body connection fully makes sense in my brain now. Once my brain understood the construction I thought it was brilliant. Sometimes I’m a little spatially challenged. I’m knitting this in...
by Cassy | Jan 30, 2017 | Knitting, WIP, Yarn
The body of Zooey’s mini Still Light Tunic is finished! She had a few complaints about the “skirt” as I was knitting it, mostly because it doesn’t contain ruffles. I think she will change her mind when she puts it on, and I’ve let her...
by Cassy | Jan 28, 2017 | Knitting, WIP
Sometimes I’m working on a pattern and just can see all of the ways the pieces will form and fit together. It is this way with Flaum. I don’t want to give away any of the secrets of the pattern, but it starts with the collar and that will be worked with...
by Cassy | Jan 23, 2017 | Knitting, WIP
I’ve finished another pair of socks. Gasp! Surely not me! I never knit socks! (Insert plenty of sarcasm here). Put “sock” in the search bar on the side and you’ll see what I mean…The pattern is called Staccato Socks and the yarn is...
