Yes, my love for Bill is undimmed after 36+ years, but this post is about, OF COURSE, a knitting pattern. Love Note (designed by Tin Can Knits) is a pattern that has consistently been on the Hot Right Now Ravelry list for years now. I have consistently ignored it because the large lace pattern over […]
Hey, everybody. It’s been over a month since I have been able to post, and I will try to explain why, but after a full month I am coming to accept that we may never have all the answers. Friday, May 28th was a normal workday. I had a routine appt with my GP over […]
I started knitting the back, and it is progressing very well. However, I had this niggling worry while knitting that I needed to do one more swatch. You see, I really believe in swatching for a project the way you plan to knit it: the same yarn, needles, stitch pattern. When I swatched for this […]
I’ll be honest. The reason I signed up for the Gramercy Park Video KAL was that Patty Lyons, the designer, mentioned a super-stretchy CO method for lace. I am a sucker for learning new ways to cast-on for projects. The fiddlier, the better. When I swatch new yarn just to see what it looks like […]
I finished the second sleeve on Underwood this morning. The Cloudborn Highland DK yarn is 100% natural wool, so I was able to split-splice when joining new balls of yarn. This left only a handful of ends to bury. The sweater was knit in one piece, so no seaming. This meant that right off the […]
My first set of swatches, detailed on yesterday’s post, measured slightly larger than the expected stitch/row gauge called for by the Gramercy Park pattern. This is normal, as we all knit differently – we are not machines. I like the fabric, but wondered if I might like it BETTER if it was slightly denser. So, […]
Patty Lyons is a brilliant knitting teacher, designer and communicator, one of the hardest working people that I know, and I am grateful to say that she is my friend. We have bonded over our love of musical theater and our constant search for how to be better teachers and better communicators. We are actually […]