Helix Hat

Here's the hat that I'd been knitting for my mom! I made this hat after frogging the Grimm Hat project from earlier, which had turned out a tighter fit than we'd expected. I used the same yarn for this hat too, and held the yarn double just like I did earlier. My mom'd liked the …

And the Knitting Resumes

The weather's consistently cooler these days, and that means knitting's back in my crafty corner! First, there's the Grimm Hat project, which I'd frogged since it turned out a bit too thick and cozy for my mom's taste - I'm now resuming a knitted hat that I'd started making with the yarn. I should finish …

East Beach Tee

I'm happiest when starting a project, and even more so, while I'm ending it - especially while blocking, when I can admire the fruits of the hard (but enjoyable) work that I put in over the past few weeks (or months, in my case.) And it is with a happy grin that I present my …

Pullover ft. Entrelac

I can't believe I managed to finish the entrelac pullover before I start the Oshara Shawl MKAL! It's definitely not what I had in mind when I started experimenting on featuring entrelac, but it's also definitely not a bad attempt. My main concern in this design was to account for decreases and increases in the …

Dial M for Mystery

I thought I didn't like it when the letter 'M' is prefixed to make-along projects - not knowing what I'm signing up for would drive me crazy. However, it looks like I'm drawn to it this year. I've been enjoying the MSAL sampler cross stitch project from Linen and Threads since Jan, and now I've …

Pullover ft. Entrelac – Attempt #2

Since I hadn't much liked how my entrelac-featuring pullover attempt was going, I decided to try a different, easier-to-execute design. This one features more entrelac area, and looks better with alternating colors of narrower entrelac strips. I haven't frogged my attempt #1 yet - that'll depend on how my progress on this one goes! Here's …

Pullover ft. Entrelac – progress

Entrelac strip - done! In order to prevent pesky tangles, I used three balls of yarn - one for the darker entrelac color, and one each with the lighter body color for the triangles along the two sides. (Of course, very little of the light colored yarn got used for the strip.) I'm now knitting …

Ideas – Pullover ft. Entrelac

Entrelac is a technique for which I always need a refresher tutorial, but once I relearn its principles, I wonder how I ever forgot. 🙂 I'd bought two colors of this speckled Nako yarn, from which I plan to make two sweaters that each have one main color and a little bit of the other …

The Phoenix (My do-over pullover)

My pullover has risen again from its own ashes, and is now a beautiful sweater that I'm waiting for colder temperatures to wear! I absolutely adore this pullover! ❤ Of course, I did wear it to model it... Phew! The weather's definitely way too hot for all this stuff. (Look at the glare from the …

Almost a do-over…

I'm almost done with my do-over pullover. And by that, I mean I only have to block it! (Yay!) Hopefully, this weekend will be it, and I can wear it -- and write about it here -- proudly. 🙂 Oh wait, it's already getting hotter, and it'll be summer soon. 😀 Well, I'll get to …