One of the problems with working on only one knitting project at a time is that when you finish it, you have nothing to knit. I do have a project picked out, and the yarn is on its way, and I’m excited to start it. But the yarn isn’t here yet, and that means that I have nothing to work… Read More »Knitted Blackbird
I finished Emma’s Gidday sweater, back in late February or so. Unlike most sweaters that are only finished once, this one was finished twice. Twice you ask? Oh, yes! The first time I finished the sweater and blocked it, I carelessly left a sleeve dangling over the edge of the table. Apparently, the taunting sleeve made with angora was too… Read More »Emma’s Gidday Sweater
I thought I’d be done with my sweater by now, but I seem to have missed an entire page of directions. It’s not as awful as it could have been though, because I realized my mistake only 5 rows later. So I’m unknitting, which isn’t nearly as fun (or as fast) as knitting. Calling it “Tinking” only helps a little… Read More »Tinking
I started this sweater for Maddie last February. It truly didn’t take me a full year to knit it, but it did take me a full year to finish it. I put a mostly finished sweater aside over the summer, having almost all the knitting except for the sweet turtleneck. Then I finished the turtleneck, but never got around to… Read More »Downtime Sweater
Is it just me, or is everyone else rather glad to say farewell to January? It was an interesting month and I usually enjoy the month after the holidays as a time to sink in, stay home, and enjoy the quiet of deep winter. But this year was definitely not the quiet I had hoped for. Much of it was… Read More »Hello February!
After enjoying a beautiful stretch of unusually warm weather, we are finally feeling much more seasonal all of a sudden. The air is crisper and cooler (though I think it may still be warmer than usual), the angle of the light has definitely shifted, and the trees are moving towards full foliage colors. The earlier sunset means we have precious… Read More »Finally Fall
I just finished knitting Silas’ new sweater, the Elwood sweater, and before I barely had it done he was wearing it. No surprise as he had been prompting me to finish it so often. Every time he saw my hands sitting idle, he’d bring me my knitting, “Here’s my sweater, Mama”. (The fact that it took me nearly 3 months… Read More »Silas’ Elwood Sweater
The last sweater I made for Sophie met a rather unfortunate end. I think she tied it around her waist while she was riding her bike late this past fall and the wheel must have rubbed against the knit, making quite a large hole and my darning skills weren’t up to the task of that level of repair. I had… Read More »Sophie’s Waltyn Sweater
I bought a hank of yarn before Christmas to make a quick messy bun hat for one of my daughters, but I ran out of time. And then I realized that the daughter I had in mind didn’t wear her hair in a messy bun. So then I thought I’d make it for another daughter. And then I realized that… Read More »My Clara Cowl
I have long believed that certain items of clothing belong to certain months. Sweaters for November, loose skirts in July, and mittens in January. There’s something about the month of January that calls for mittens. Not gloves, mind you. Mittens. And I found myself lacking mittens to wear in January. So what does a knitting mama do when she has… Read More »January Mittens for Mama