Since publishing my Uni-horn Magic shawl, I’ve made 2 1/2 more of these puppies, and my absolute favorite shawl is my third one. I’ve discussed my propensity to make a pattern over and over and over before on the blog (Stumptown Socks and the Spell Shawl come immediately to mind), and it seems that Uni-horn Magic is destined to be …
Another Uni-horn bites the dust
I finished this shawl quite a few weeks ago, and when Stefan and I had our date in Whitefish over Thanksgiving weekend while the kiddos were playing with my folks and their puppies, we shot some photos. This has quickly become my favorite shawl ever. The shape is just perfect, the colors are too dreamy for words, and it feels …
Hawaii
I just got back from a week in Hawaii with my mother and sister, and let me tell you, re-entry is a cruel and cold reality. Like, literally. It’s so stinking cold here. We had the most dreamy time, at least dipping toes in the ocean every day, but more often than not, floating in the surf. I found a …
It’s Gift-a-long time!
It’s time, party people! Time to get that list out, organize your yarn, and start frantically knitting your way into holiday crafting overload! Over on Ravelry, the Gift-a-long begins right this very second, and I’m once again taking part. I’m featuring 20 patterns that I consider to be among my very most giftable (only ten are shown above). Quick and …
My third Uni-horn Magic…
This is my third Uni-horn Magic shawl, and, shhhh! Don’t tell the other, but it just might be my favorite one yet… It’s Knitted Wit Victory Sock in Storyteller and Plucky Knitter Primo Fingering in Good Ole Days, and it is downright delectable.
Tour of the League
Let’s take a wee tour of the patterns I’ve released in the League of Busy B’s. Because, you see, it’s oodles of fun, and if you aren’t yet a member, I’d like to entice you to join. Not only do you get all of these already-released patterns, but you’ll also get six more releases between now and July 2018, PLUS …
New beginnings…
At least a few times a year, I get hit with a wicked case of castonitis. Usually, it knocks me down at fairly inopportune times, but there’s not much I can do except go along for the ride. I appears this past week was one of those times. I have a design on the needles, the fifth League of Busy …
Magically addictive
I really don’t know when it’s going to hit, this addiction to a pattern. Sometimes, it takes me completely by surprise. I really enjoyed the knitting of my first Uni-horn Magic shawl, once everything kind of came together, but I wasn’t feeling the bug to keep on keeping on. Until I got my hands on a full skein of Knitted …
Magically fabulous
When Lorajean whispered sweet magical unicorn secrets in my ear a few months ago, I was all in. She had this plan for a sparkly, fabulous kit, showcasing some of her favorite makers’ take on the unicorn. JaMpdx was making a cocktail cup, A Needle Runs Through It was making a bag and some stitch markers, Lorajean was using Pixie …
How many is enough?
I could really be talking about anything when I posit that question: How many [insert handmade items I am obsessed with here] is enough? How many hand-made socks? How many ankle-length hand-made socks? How many shawls? How many cowls? But today, the question I am asking is: How many Dress No. 1’s is enough? And the answer is: hell if …
It’s poncho time!
It’s definitely getting to be that time of year again: PONCHO TIME! I still only have the one poncho pattern, Manteau, and it’s still a favorite: made in worsted-to-aran weight yarn, it’s constructed similarly to a top-down raglan, so the knitting is fairly straightforward. The collar is textured and fun, and being able to add buttons to a project is …
Irregular Jupiterian moons
When I got the yarn for my Knit Crate patterns, I knew I wanted them to be cousins, of a sort. My immediate thought was: asymmetric triangles with different stitches. Fraternal twins. Sisters from a different mister. Brothers from another mother. You know what I’m trying to say… I swatched and played and ripped and frogged. Thyone was proving to …