… and I won’t knit for nobody but me. You know, like the song… Love Machine… anyway.. that’s me, lately, working for nobody but me.
I am finally making Georgia by Jane Richmond. Aren’t those little pleats the best? This is the sort of detail I admire her work for. I could just close my eyes and blindly point to anything on her pattern page and love it. It’s all the kind of thing I’d wear. So far I’ve made the Jane hat and the Oatmeal Pullover twice (One is in a horrible color that I consider a “play” sweater for when I wouldn’t want a “real” sweater to get messed up.)
Check out the Gynx faded denim sock yarn I’m using. I love the subtle color variations. I was concerned that the lack of shaping wouldn’t be flattering on me, but I’m two thirds of the way down the body and tried it on to find a really comfortable fit. The true test will be the armholes. These massive biceps of mine need extra room to swing freely. Actually, I just spaz out if I feel constricted in any way by my clothing.
This had been good tv knitting. My sister slips over, here and there, to watch Downton Abbey with me as I work on it. Yeah, I know. I can’t help but watch it, even with Matthew’s melodramatic walking out of his wheelchair scene and O’Brien’s twisting of her mustache.
You know how I said I’ve been learning things as I knit socks? Well, I’ve discovered something that has brought me to my knees- 9 inch circulars. It’s not a…
Remember Theo Huxtable’s sleeve? The long one on the shirt Denise sewed for him that didn’t in any way match the other sleeve? Well, my Featherweight has Theo sleeves. They…
For some reason I haven’t wanted to tackle sewing up the sides of the Scallop clutch lining while the little people are home from school. The little people are teenagers…
Let me just get right into Within by Shannon Cook and Jane Richmond. As you’d expect, it’s full of things I want on my body when it’s cold, beautiful photography,…
This is one of the reasons why my blog has been so quiet lately. It’s the Everett Henley by Emily Ringelman. The other reason is that my life has been…