Other than the Color Blox socks I posted about last weekend, I haven’t been able to share my recent FOs.
The NeverEnding Stash
(No updates yet for my dad and cousin. Thanks everyone!!)
accessories, knitting, stranded or fair isle | 8 stitchesRavelympics 2008: Days 1-7
(Many thanks for everyone’s kind comments about the bunny pullover. I’ve been so focused on my Olympic knitting that email, blog-reading, and the like have fallen by the wayside, sorry!)
The Ravelry is doing a fun knit/crochet/spin/dye/whatever-along during the 2008 Olympics, with over 5500 members participating. I signed up with two projects and two teams: The Loon for Team Editors and Anise Socks for Team Stashdown. Continue reading »
kid stuff, knitting, socks, stranded or fair isle, sweaters | 7 stitchesNobody named Ryan here
(Note 1: Sorry about the spot of technical difficulties; after I first published this post, it unpublished itself somehow, and when I went back to reset the status, half the information was gone, so I had to reconstruct it. Note 2: What the heck? It happened AGAIN! I’m not gonna re-reconstruct this silly (and quite possibly cursed) post. Enjoy the pictures!)
Thanks all for your nice comments about my new sock pattern! : )
accessories, knitting, stranded or fair isle | 7 stitchesShow & Tell
Fickle
Now that my deadline knitting has completed, I should’ve returned to my other WIPs, like the Color Blox Sox, Rock and Weave socks, or the Cropped Cardi. But I didn’t.
Faced with a sort-of deadline for August, I dug out the Lion Brand Wool I bought earlier this year and started a stranded two-color swatch. I’ve done Intarsia before, but not Stranded or Fair-Isle, because I hadn’t been very interested in most of the projects I’ve seen. Saturday night, I went at it to see how I would do. Here’s my first swatch:
accessories, decor, knitting, stranded or fair isle | 2 stitches











