These socks have been an absolute journey. My first attempt was too small, and I didn’t realize it until after I’d knit down past the heel. My second attempt, after recharting the skull and crossbones section to have eight more stitches in it, was upside down – and I still wasn’t happy with my fine gauge colourwork on DPNs. (Uneven. Puckery. Not nice.) I...
After my first attempt at the Pirate Socks came out too small, I recharted the skull & crossbones section to 72 stitches, made a plan to increase and decrease around the colourwork, and began again. In the few hours between the end of work and our first in-person knit night since last March, I hurried to get the colourwork section done so that I...
I’ve had the Buccaneer’s Booty Socks pattern in my queue since, no joke, 2008. That is a long, long time to want to knit a pair of socks without actually knitting them. So… There’s just one problem: The colourwork section is too tight to get over my ankle. And I’ve already knit down to well past the heel. (I swapped in a Sweet Tomato...
Before last week’s vacation, I decided that I wanted to make a new scarf on the machine (since there was no way I was going to get new mittens finished in time) using Loops & Threads “Woolike” yarn from Michaels that I bought as practice yarn for the machine. It’s a light fingering weight, mostly acrylic yarn with a soft feel to it, and...
I have a collection of Cascade 220 leftovers, and thought that it would be a good idea to make a scrappy pair of Fleeps (convertible glove-mittens) with stranded colourwork for extra warmth. First I charted out a colour pattern and then I colour-coordinated the leftovers with the remaining yarn from my Acres Wild hat, which will be used as the lining for the cuff...
I’m super excited about this one! It’s been a long time coming and some folks have been asking me when it will finally be released. How does tomorrow sound? That’s right – the Sneaux Zone hat is in the final proofreading stage, and it should be going live tomorrow! You’ll have plenty of time before the weather turns cold (see note below) to knit...
It wasn’t really my intent to ignore the blog for months, but (not for the first time) the summer got away from me! I’m almost done writing up the pattern for the Sneaux Zone hat! A few people have messaged me on Ravelry to ask when it will be released, and the best answer I have is… SOON! Possibly even this weekend! I just...
Not that stranded colourwork is particularly difficult, but I feel like I’m done with the “hard part”: I finished the outside of my new hat yesterday, and now it’s time to unzip the provisional cast-on and knit the “easy part” otherwise known as the stockinette lining. It’s almost a shame to cover this up, isn’t it? But if I don’t, not only will the...
At this point I really don’t need more hats, but I’ve been having so much fun knitting them that I started a new one anyway. This one will have a snowy theme, and Michael helped me chart it out so I’m doubly excited to knit it. Like the other hats, I’m knitting this in Cascade 220 with a 220 Sport lining, but unlike the...
One of my New Year’s resolutions for 2019 was to release more knitting patterns, and I’m happy to share the first one of the year with you! Please extend a warm welcome to the Hollis Hills Hat. For the past twenty years or so, my aunt and uncle have hosted Thanksgiving as an annual family reunion. Two dozen (or more) of us descend on...
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