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 | Apr 13, 2015 | Finished object, Knitting
I’m so happy to finally blog about Marin. I finished this almost a month ago and should have taken pictures with it when we went on vacation in St. Louis, but I guess I was distracted by being on vacation. The yarn is Hazel Knits Artisan sock in Euphorbia and I...
by Cassy | Mar 17, 2015 | Knitting, Mishap, WIP
So this happened: I was a mere 1.5 inches from finishing Marin and I ran out of yarn. A knitter’s worst nightmare. I measured the remaining skein at the halfway point and I had over half of the ball left. I’m not sure how this happened, but apparently I...
by Cassy | Mar 13, 2015 | Knitting, Mishap, WIP
I started a Marin a couple of days ago. I’ve had the pattern for awhile, and even the yarn in mind that I thought would be perfect for it. I just hadn’t been in a shawl mood for a really long time. Since spring seems finally just around the corner, it is a...
