Posted in Knitting on Jul 25th, 2007 2 Comments »
Lisa in Kent and I were having a conversation last week. She designs beautiful hats, among other things. We talked about patterns and how much we both dislike following a pattern exactly as written, something that is required when you knit samples for a knitting store.
She said, “Well, you’re a designer. You may as well [...]
Posted in Dyeing, Knitting, WIP on Jul 23rd, 2007 2 Comments »
Last weekend, I began a sweater for Mark. It was based on a vintage pattern I have for a shawl collar cardigan. I am using different yarn, which knits at a different gauge, and I am making a different size than the pattern accounts for. I think this is when you say, “I am making [...]
Posted in Dyeing, Finished Objects, Finished Objects, Knitting, Socks, Summer of Socks, WIP on Jul 18th, 2007 3 Comments »
Unless you have a full-time job. Then rainy days are for wishing you could nap at your desk, and for plotting your snacking opportunities, and maybe for a little bit of blog catch up.
I finished the kool-aid baby socks, using the yarn left over from the Stansfield socks. Baby socks are quick and amusing, sort [...]
Posted in Dyeing, Knitting, Socks, Summer of Socks on Jul 12th, 2007 3 Comments »
I finished the Stansfield socks on Wednesday.
But had so much yarn leftover that I thought I’d make a pair of toddler socks. My favorite basic sock pattern is MIA so I used several patterns and books to come up with what would be a plain vanilla sock. It was fun going through some of my [...]
Posted in Knitting on Jul 8th, 2007 4 Comments »
Maybe I wasn’t actually alive when this pattern was printed, but a few of the patterns in my Vintage Patterns collection on flickr were published during my lifetime. Even more unnerving is the fact that I actually purchased some of these patterns when they were newly published. I hadn’t actually thought of them as [...]
