… 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.
I have the same problem with all slouchy hats: they either fall off if I run in them or fall down, Dumb Donald style, over my face. I love Fat Albert’s…
What am I going to say about the Twas the Night Before Christmas socks that you haven’t already read or heard a thousand times? It’s everything you’ve heard- cute, interesting…
I always look at photos of group crafters with wistfulness and a little disbelief. Where do all these people live that enjoy hand crafts? Oregon? Canada? It must be staged….
The knitting portion of my clutch is finished and bottom seam sewn with backstitch. It may be the second neatest seam I have ever sewn, which is good since I’m…
So this is how that beautiful woven-like border looks after blocking. It’s Libby Jonson’s Settler Shawl pattern. I think this border was one of the neatest things I’ve ever knit….
This one was an engaging knit, guys. We Were Seeds follows seeds, that is seed stitch, through germination- there’s lots of sprouting and climbing involved. I’ve never knit a…