Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting
The dog sweater? It is done, steeks and all! I finished it last Friday. Pictures coming soon!
Meanwhile, here’s a few small items I recently made. Small projects are great distractions!
This baby hat is part of the test-knit mentioned earlier.
Tags: 99 little doilies, baby, bookmark, cables, cables and colors, cashsoft, colorwork, crochet, curvaceous cables, dawn brocco, doily, green, hat, knitting, orange, patricia kristoffersen, peace, polarbears, purple, rowan, stranded, test-knit, white
Felt Mittens
Posted by limedragon | Filed under accessories, designs, knitting
So… have you seen the new Interweave Felt? Did you see what’s on page 32?
Tags: cuffed tweed mittens, design, felting, gray, interweave felt, mittens, red, rowan, scottish tweed aran
Socks, ghosts, and links, oh my!
Posted by limedragon | Filed under general, knitting, socks, yarn stash
For a while, I was working on my current SOS08 pair, Big Basin (from Six Sox Knitalong). This is the first time I’m using a wool-tencel blend
Tags: big basin, black, bunny pullover, cashsoft, gift, harmony, knittingdragon, mom, orange, purple, randall's ghost, reunion, roo designs, rowan, six-sox-kal, socks, tencelicious, white, yarn diet, yarn stash
Remind me
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, socks, yarn stash
That it’s normal to buy too much yarn once in a while. Even though I added quite a bit of yardage to my stash, I actually didn’t spend too much, so it evens out, right?
Tags: cascade, jacquard, marl, ragg, regia, rowan, sassy-stripes, socks, yarn stash
Books and more
Posted by limedragon | Filed under books, knitting, socks
Here’s the picture of the completed Hippy Crunchy socks. I like how they look rather well. I decided to use only three pattern repeats, partly because of the time crunch. I needed to hurry up and finish them. I’m happy with the result, so I’m calling it a design decision, not cheating.
Tags: and so to bed, flamingo, folk socks, gift, hippy crunchy, knit 2 together, ladybug, lucinda guy, nancy-bush, owl, parrot, poetry in stitches, rowan, socks, tiger, vintage knits
Rowan 10th Anniversary Oversize Booklet
Posted by limedragon | Filed under contemplation
Black/white photos, and featurettes about several designers (eg: Kaffe Fassett, Kim Hargreaves, Sasha Kagan, etc.).
Sweaters or cardi only, and mostly oversized (matches the book, I guess?). Lots of intarsia, some aran/cables.
Great guy sweater: “Men’s Herringbone Sweater” by Artwork (Jane and Patrick Gottelieb), page 19.
Tags: contemplation, rowan
Rowan Magazine 34
Posted by limedragon | Filed under contemplation
Rowan’s website does not have any samples for this issue, but The Knitting Garden has some previews and pattern information on this page.
Rosebud is a really sweet vintagey cardi with both intarsia and lace details. I’d like this a bit shorter so I can wear it without the belt. Design #24 page 120, picture page [...]
Tags: contemplation, rowan
Rowan Magazine 31
Posted by limedragon | Filed under contemplation
The Rowan site doesn’t have samples for this issue, but you can see some previews at The Knitting Garden’s website.
I like the shape and neck of the Orient shell. I notice, however, that the edges curl a bit around the armholes. Design #1 page 68, picture page 4. The tiny bits of colors are embroidered. [...]
Tags: contemplation, rowan
Surprise, Surprise!
Posted by limedragon | Filed under accessories, knitting, personal, socks
The Madder Ribbed socks are finished! Pictures to come on Tuesday once they’re dry.
I didn’t finish them on Friday night as I planned. Instead, I took a break to make a headband based on Knit and Tonic Wendy’s Dream Swatch Head Scarf. I had about half a skein of that yummy Alchemy Bamboo in Rust [...]
Tags: alchemy, brown, burgundy, dream swatch, kaffee fassett, kit, madder, mom, mothers-day, orange, red, rib, rowan, socks, tan, tumbling blocks, wendy bernard
Sock Blockers and eBay Find
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, socks
Thanks again for the nice comments on my Sixth Sense Socks! : ) They were fun to knit! (And in full disclosure, I’m wearing them for the second day in a row.)
Celia asked about the sock blockers I used (you can see them in the first picture in yesterday’s post): “Question, are the sock blockers [...]
Tags: brown, burgundy, cushion, ebay, fiber trends, kit, rowan, sock blockers, socks, tan, tumbling blocks, tutorial
