I love this pattern and purchased tan, green, and plum colored yarn for it. Started mid-September. Update: Finished sock one on October 16th. Updated 2/08: I’m about 1/2 done with the second sock. HIBERNATING. I’m tired of these! My guage is looser than I’d like, the weaving of the yarn for the stripes takes more…
I’m making these for a library basket which will be auctioned off to raise money. Started September 6th. I have not yet decided what to use for the coordinating color. I may just use a carrying weight fur but only on the outside rather than as a lining. I’m teaching myself to cable without a…
The Fort Vancouver Regional library is going to have an auction of an afghan made from practice squares from people in the library knit-in group. Many of the squares are just garter stitch, so I thought I’d add a few patterns in. I got a skein of Wool-ease and ear-marked it for this purpose. Float…
A set of easy dishclothes for my sister. First time using this pattern, and it was really easy. I even jazzed it up with stripes!
My first knitting project! A simple k1p1 after trying a variety of ideas of stitches.
I made a set of potholders for my mother-in-law for just a nice gift for letting us come and stay at their house for a week.
I made a set of potholders for my mom for Christmas.
I used a stitch pattern book to find the nicest rib for this soft soft scarf. It’s a long skinny scarf ith a lot of fringe, but really warm from the boucle.
I started out with size 7 needle and k1p1 knit and it was too dense so I switched to size 10 and it was perfect. I taught myself to knit continential with this scarf. When gifting this, I made a flower to tie it up, and that turned out very pretty.
This was my first pair of socks, and I used this pattern because it was on the shelf as a free tear off, and I knew I couldn’t go as wrong by buying the yarn specified in a pattern like this. I liked the colors a lot, I’m a big fan of valentine’s day. I…
