My usual annual event each summer is the Zombie Knitpocalypse, in Rochester MN. This has extended into the Zombie Knitting Network, and I’ve formed more relationships, especially while giggling late at night on Zoom. So since my health required more vigilance to appointments in 2021 instead of the retreat, some of my friends volunteered to…
My friend Randi declared she wanted to knit some Christmas things during the summer, and Alicia shared some of her holiday-themed yarn! I decided on some nice wristers to wear over the edge of my coat during the holiday, no thumbholes, just stretchy enough to pull back and see my watch. Cast on the cuff…
To celebrate the wedding of my youngest brother, I wanted to make something pretty for their house. Nature inspired colors because they love hiking and being on the water. I had saved a really pretty version of the Vivid blanket and was inspired by the stained glass feel the knitter had gotten. I first tried…
Paired up some Suburban Stitcher yarn purchased at zk2017 with a pattern by my friend Megan, Summer Shandy. Cast on provisionally so I could add extra length from my extra yarn. Added gussets under the arms for more spaciousness. Accidentally stopped doing one of the sets of rows in the pattern, so it did not…
When my eldest niece was born, I wasn’t knitting yet. So she never got a blanket from me as a little one like most of the other kiddos did. When she graduated from High School and her AS degree at the same time, I wanted to knit her something special. This blanket is a color-blocked…
Happy birthday month to me! At zk2016, we got a rainbow of mini skeins and a bag to match for the goodie bag. My 45th birthday month seemed like the perfect time to finally knit them up! Using one of Julia weesheep’s patterns seemed like a nice match too because she is in all of…
Knit with handspun Sun Valley and their DK base to go with. Planned to continue handspun as far as needed instead of just in the yoke. Did not decrease in the underbust, but added more increases. Underarm patterning section is continued all the way down through handspun. I loved spinning this fiber and I loved…
Twin with Ingrid!
Cast on 2 triangles at a time. Weekend of 2/19-2/22, started and finished striping section. Accidentally seamed up the wrong sections of the triangles to make one LARGE triangle instead of a paralellagram.
The neutral colors were a set, and the pink was something I bought at another time. Started with 50g of the neutral colors, so I knew I wouldn’t have quite enough for all of it. Adapted to have less stripes after c2 and c3 brioche when I ran out of c2, and did the same…
