Goof
I have a tendency to hyper-focus. There can be complete chaos around me, but in the safe bubble of my focus, there is only tranquil, methodical progress. It’s how I…
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Linden Mittens
I finally did a thing that I always equated with little old ladies knitting when I was a child. I made mittens. They’re the Linden Mittens by Jane Richmond. I…
Purple
Sometimes I’m just not feeling a color. That’s the case with the Wool of the Andes super wash I chose for my Everett Henley. I like it, it’s a great…
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Sexxxy Librarian…
… we don’t say dis (Sorry, it’s compulsive.) This is my second knit for the Holla Knits KAL and it was really a change for me. It’s fitted, cowl-necked,…
Mittens Two at a Time
So, I’m past the thumbs on my Linden mittens, which is like the last lap, I think. There’s a nice little stretch of mindless hand to knit before decreases. It…
Cowl Neck
I’ve never knit a cowl-neck or turtleneck sweater before. Maybe because I remember my mother making me sweat out a fever in a mustard colored turtleneck under five blankets when…
Knitting and Smoke Break
As if I wasn’t chin deep in knitalong projects, I decided to cast on for mittens knit two-at-a-time in the Linden KAL. I saw a teaser for Jane Richmond‘s Linden…
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We Don’t Say Dis
So I’m maybe a third of the way through Lilith Ubbelohde’s cowl-neck shell, Sexxxy Librarian. Yes, that’s sexxxy with a triple x; though, as I knit this in my ginormous yoga…