This past weekend I met Amy Singer of Knitty fame....

( 8 pictures, tips from Amy and an FO )

A recent post got me thinking on a tangent. I generally try to live as lightly as I can, and this includes knitting. Most of my needles are bamboo (except for my circs, where I caved and bought the set from Knitty) and I try to be conscious about most of my yarn purchases. I spend a little extra cash, most times, and go for organic cotton, locally ( Read more... )

The guy I'm seeing has a son, who loves Dragons. So in a blatant attempt to get on his good side, I made him a baby dragon.

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I was yarn shopping online and came across a 100% cotton yarn by Silk City. I can't find any information on Yarndex.com and I have tried googling for reviews with no luck. I was wondering if anyone has experience with this brand? Did you like the finished project? Is there anything note worthy about their yarns ( Read more... )

Some friends have mine have just had their first baby, and as one does in such a situation, I made them an item of baby clothing.

The cardigan is Daisy from knitty.com made in the largest size (6-12 months). It's a very easy pattern and knits up extremely rapidly. There are three minor errors in mine, which I am irritated about because I wasn't ( Read more... )

I'm knitting a top in Classic Elite Star, which I'm totally loving. It's _really_ stretchy 99% cotton and 1% lycra. I love the wavy texture of the yarn and the fabric looks really nice ( Read more... )

I've just finished making a mini-cardigan sweater (FO pictures to come when I buy a digital camera this weekend) in Pattons Grace, which is 100% mercerized cotton ( Read more... )

Sorry, I'm still testing things here. To see what happens with tags on posts that are deleted.

I will continue to add tags to this post, and do other strange things.