Knitting and occasional cooking and gardening adventures!
May 26 2010
Look what has buttons, has been blocked, and is ready for wear! Just in time for 80 degree F temps this week.
Tempest (Modified)
Pattern: Modified version of Tempest (My Ravelry project page.)
Started: May 1, 2010
Completed: May 18, 2010
Yarn: The Sanguine Gryphon Bugga! in Ruby-Tailed Wasp and Faithful Beauty
Needles: US 4 and US 6 bamboo circulars and [...]
May 25 2010
With all these sweater thoughts going on here, I’ve been thinking about patterns and what I expect from patterns, especially ones that I pay for.
Recently I purchased a sweater pattern. (I won’t say which pattern because I’m still debating on emailing the designer about it and if you know what pattern I’m talking about, please [...]
May 24 2010
I’ve been thinking about sweaters and sweater patterns lately (well, really knit garments in general). It all started with a conversation Matt and I had after I finished all the knitting on Tempest. He commented that this is the first sweater that’s really been “me” - a color I would wear, a fit that’s flattering, [...]
May 20 2010
Last Sunday, Karen, Emily, and I went to the Kentucky Sheep and Fiber Festival. It was rainy and overcast, but we still had a pretty good time. There were quite a few vendors, though less then I had in my head there would be. I was amazed at how much fiber and spinners there were! [...]
May 12 2010
After finishing up the Camber Cardigan, I was bit by the cast-on bug. I initially decided I wouldn’t let myself cast anything on until I finished the Summer Breeze Vesper socks, but since I didn’t have much on the needles, I cast on for Ishbel in Handmaiden Sea Silk to bring to the Spring Fling [...]
