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by Kelley on August 6, 2012
The Five-Way Cable Shrug is designed by Lily Chin. It is a free pattern!! (it's also available in her gorgeous book Power Cables.) It is a simple design that is made stunning and practical by strategically placed buttons and crocheted loops. This so completely appeals to my love of useful knit projects. |
Category Archives: Works in Progress
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by Kelley on July 31, 2012
(photo from Endless Summer Braid pattern page) Remember when I was thinking about knitting a collection of headbands to use in Mexico instead of hats? Well, last week I found myself without any projects in progress. Except for a pair of socks, I didn’t have anything ready for me to knit.I scrounged around in our office yarn stash but I only came up with a couple of matching colors in anything I found appealing. It was exactly the incentive I needed to try some of the headbands in my Ravelry queue |
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by Stacey on July 2, 2012
Have you ever had one of the months where you've been pulled in all different directions? I've been having a crazy couple of months (here's hoping July slows down!) and I'm finding myself only working on semi-mindless, relaxing knits to distract myself. And using up my insane amount of sock yarn stash is a bonus. Lately, I've been working on different shawl/scarves that are garter stitch with some neat construction to keep it interesting. I wrote about my Color Affection a few weeks back. I finished it (but I haven't had a chance to take photos of the whole thing). I really loved working on it. |
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by Knit Picks Staff on June 28, 2012
Thanks to some wheel oil, audiobooks and too many trips to fiber festivals, I've been doing a lot of spinning! I finally plied up the Hanks in the Hood singles, too - it's just so shiny and bouncy. I really wasn't sure how the ply would come out, but I am impressed. I really love the way the colors came out in that yarn. But that leaves the question that I always have lingering over my handspun... |
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by Hannah on June 28, 2012
Well! We're back from our adventures at TNNA and finally settling back in to this time zone. Between the airplane trip out and the little bits of down time I was able to snag at the convention center, I finished one of the Fightin' Words mitts I mentioned last week! |
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by Kelley on June 26, 2012
It is completely up to you! |
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by Hannah on June 20, 2012
Well, it's that time again. Time for me to make my groggy way to the airport first thing tomorrow morning, knitting bag in tow to keep my hands occupied during those tense take-offs, landings and dull layovers. I was running the list of all the bits and bobs I still need to shove into my suitcase tonight when I realized that I haven't actually picked a project for the trip! All these knitting needles without a stitch of yarn keeping them cozy. That was a problem for about three seconds until I remembered the Fightin' Words mitts pattern. |
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by Knit Picks Staff on June 15, 2012
Hubby isn't the only one with a new sweater, though his modeling is a little better: Our house isn't really lit well enough for portraits, so we went 8300 feet up into the Wallowa mountains to get a shot. The locals were duly impressed, I might add. It's still missing one thing, though. I need to snag it from him long enough to sew in a very appropriate label! |
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by Kelley on June 4, 2012
No, it's not watching the original Battlestar Galactica series on Netflix. I'll probably get through those shows before we get up to Vancouver. (photo from Raverly project by linnakat) |
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by Hannah on May 31, 2012
I've had some serious stash busting to do since I ordered 11 balls of Brava Sport this week for a rather large, pretty blanket that I've been dreaming about for some time. However, 11 balls of Brava will take up some serious real estate on my already cramped yarn shelves, so while I wait for my package to arrive I'm busy trying to make room for it all! I've had a few skeins of Stroll Tonal in Blue Yonder and Stroll Hand Painted in Lullaby nestled together in a basket in my living room for a few weeks now, just waiting for a project to come along and inspire me to pick up those size 4 needles again. Well, now I need the basket and I found the perfect project: the Tempest cardigan by Ann Weaver. |
