I knit this pullover in three days because I was just way too excited to see the finished product so I barely put it down. This slant shoulder buttoned sweater is a typical '50s style that was popular during that period ( Read more... )

I have a question for people used to weighing their yarn during a project, because I'm getting a little confused.

I've cast on "Copilot" (link to Ravelry pattern), a cowl knit-in-the-round made from sock yarn. Between sections of the pattern, you weigh your yarn so you're sure you can finish the project and make a well-balanced item ( Read more... )

New Knitty is up!

Pattern index: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEw13/patterns.php
Articles: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEw13/features.php

I'm currently knitting a vortex shawl in hand-knit, hand-dyed purple fingering-weight yarn. The pattern is trivially easy to memorize, which makes it great for a traveling project. There's only one problem: The instructions say to knit until the shawl is large enough. Because it's on circular needles, there's no way to stretch it out, so I have no ( Read more... )

Patterns are here. I bookmarked Arguyle and Ginger + Wasabi. The latter is mostly intended as an aide-memoire for the stitch pattern; I much prefer mittens to gloves, but I love the way the colors worked.

For spinners, there was also a nice article about plying.

Here's the pattern index.

I got through the first half without bookmarking anything, then ended up making note of Darrowby, Fitful Head, Sallah, and Nennir. Not that that means I'll actually get around to knitting any of them, though Sallah has the highest probability, most likely.

Here's the link to the patterns.

I bookmarked Longitudinal, Emoticon (for the sock pattern, not the colorwork), Unleaving, and Cavallo Point, though that doesn't actually mean a high likelihood of my knitting any of them. I've been spending more of my time spinning than knitting.

New issue of Petite Purls is up - Winter 2012.

I'm contemplating making one of these for my 3 year old great-niece using Spotlight's Moda Vera Cupcake ( Read more... )

Hello everyone ( Read more... )