by Cassy | Mar 1, 2013 | Knitting, Tips, WIP
I hate weaving in ends. At that point in the project I just want to be done and move on to my next knitting love. It’s important to take a little time to make it look nice though. I usually take extra care to weave ends deftly around the armpits of sweaters,...
by Cassy | Feb 28, 2013 | Design, Knitting, Mishap, WIP
Firstly, apologies if you read this blog on Google Reader, or some other reader feed. I was reorganizing my blog posts the other day, giving them categories, and titles to some that imported from waaaaaaaaaaay back when I used Blogger. I noticed in my Reader feed...
by Cassy | Feb 26, 2013 | Knitting, WIP
I have had these socks on the needles since the beginning of December. I was perusing WEBS for some hard-wearing self-striping yarn for another pair of socks for Matt, and I stumbled upon (or went looking, rather) for more yarns for me, since the yarn I found for him...
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 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 | Jan 22, 2013 | Knitting, WIP
Holy cats, readers. I am finally finishing a sweater I started in, oh, 2008. Here it is, languishing on the blocking board without a care like it always knew I would come back to it. There were a few issues along the way. First, I had never used moss stitch....
