Lobolita

The new Knitscene is up. I am beginning to conclude that I like this magazine better than its parent, Interweave Knits. The patterns just seem much more wearable, not to mention knittable. I love the Balsam Jacket and want to immediately buy the yarn to make one in my size. This brings up my current [...]

It’s called frogging because you rip-it, rip-it, rip-it. Yep, the baby gansey was a no-go. The circumference was too small for my little sausage biscuit, and the armholes were too shallow for easy dressing. So I’m ripping and re-knitting. I may be a bit of a perfectionist, which drives Tim crazy. He can’t stand to [...]

Deborah says I am unfamiliar the direction “K1fb” that is knit one fb?? front to back?? Please let me know….thanks This is a great question. K1fb is one of the increases that makes two stitches out of one. Here’s how it works: 1. K1, but do not slip knitted stitch off of the lefthand needle. [...]

The intended recipient has graciously agreed to model the baby-gansey-in-process. The knitter immediately realized she’d better get her act together or he’ll outgrow it before it’s done. Little porker.

I’ve been working all weekend on a sweater to match the Gansey Booties I designed for Gid. Sorry about the cell phone picture–I can’t find my camera. I’m using the same Cotton-Ease as before, and I really like the fabric as it’s being knit up. I have enough of this yarn in stash to make [...]

I designed these booties for my son who is three months old. I wanted something that would keep a baby warm, look good on either boys or girls, didn’t have any fiddly buttons or ties, and would stay on his feet for more than two seconds. I used Lion Brand Cotton-Ease, because it’s machine washable, [...]

I just picked up three more grocery bags of wool from my grandmother, from the same Icelandic stash my uncle sent her decades ago. There are 26 skeins of laceweight “Alafoss Crystal Fleece,” 10 skeins of lopi in brown and orange, 10 regular-sized cakes of Plotulopi, better known as “unspun Icelandic,” in brown and orange, [...]

Well, Tim’s top-down Elizabeth Zimmerman ribbed raglan is a good two inches too short, so I get to either a) rip out the ribbing at the bottom to add the length, or b) cut off the ribbing, knit two more inches, and graft the ribbing back on. I haven’t decided yet, so I’ve stuffed it [...]

The yarn I’m using for Tim’s raglan is from a time long ago in a galaxy far, far away. Specifically, it’s Sandnes Garn Peer Gynt, 100% pure wool manufactured in Norway. Only, this isn’t Peer Gynt as we know it. This was manufactured sometime in the early Eighties and exported to Iceland, where it was [...]

Since the Great Third Trimester Stomach Flu has got me pretty much glued to the couch, this has become a knitting blog for the time being. Forgive me if I’m not much inclined to bake, paint murals in the bathroom, or crawl around cutting out sewing pattern pieces at the moment. But the crafting continues. [...]