I finished my Golden Ticket this weekend, and I’m head over forking heels with the FO, and, even though I NEED to get some design knitting done, not to mention a bunch of non-knitting work, I really REALLY want to cast on another one. You see, I have two skeins of Knitted Wit Victory DK, in Unicorn Eggs and XXX, …
My favorite tattoo
I’ve been knitting lots of socks in lots of places lately, which means I’ve been using the heck out of my favorite tattoo, my sock ruler. To that end, a poem… Oh, sock ruler tattoo, You are even more useful than I thought. I admire you daily for being you And use you maybe more than I ought.
Is it getting absurd yet?
Since starting my Stumptown Sock obsession during the Summertime Sock Knitting Extravaganza, I’ve made fourteen pairs. I think. That includes this current three-pair spate of the new garter variation, which I just plain can’t seem to stop (and have two more pairs in the works). So my question to you is this: how ridiculous is it? And, how many more …
The Ticket is here, and I am obsessed
I published The Ticket a few weeks ago, and I immediately started making piles of potential future Tickets for me. It was a while before I could actually cast on, but cast on I did, and I’m head-over-heels in love with what I’ve got going on… The original Ticket is all bright colors and muddy transitions. Side by side, the …
When you win at yarn chicken…
One of my very favorite things ever is getting to paw through the bags of yarn-by-the-ounce at Knitted Wit for new favorites. Oftentimes, the skeins of sock yarn are about 70 grams or so, which is actually pretty much perfect for a pair of socks in the leg-height I most make and adore. I snagged a skein of a very …
Do you believe in magic?
I just released my latest pattern, Rainbow Boomerang, and I’m so very head-over-heels in love with this shawl that I’ve got The Lovin’ Spoonful song, Do You Believe in Magic? running through my head. Because this shawl, it’s pure magic… Snag the pattern on Ravelry now, and get a kit at For Yarn’s Sake tomorrow, during the Rose City Yarn …
Rose City Yarn Crawl – I’ll be there!
I can’t believe it’s Rose City Yarn Crawl week. It’s get-ready time over here at chez my house, because I’ll be doing three different trunk shows throughout the weekend! I hope to see you at one (or all!) of them… Thursday, March 1, 10-4 I’ll once again be joining Lorajean from Knitted Wit, Debbi Stone, and Michele Bernstein at For …
TBT :: Leafy Greens
This is part of a weekly series of trips down knittery lane (a lame take on memory lane), in which I go on (and on) about inspiration for an older pattern. The patterns discussed will be offered for $2 off for the week, until the next TBT post. Use coupon code tbtshannonsq-lgs on Ravelry to get your $2 off of …
TBT :: Crimson & Clover
This is part of a weekly series of trips down knittery lane (a lame take on memory lane), in which I go on (and on) about inspiration for an older pattern. The patterns discussed will be offered for $2 off for the week, until the next TBT post. Use coupon code tbtshannonsq-cri on Ravelry to get your $2 off of …
Meet Rustic Reset
This shawl was the answer to a designerly log-jam I was dealing with at the beginning of the year. The perfect quick-to-knit, fun-to-wear shawl, Rustic Reset is basically my dream pattern. Two colors that are fun and funky, with high contrast. Garter stitch, which, particularly in this soft-yet-rustic yarn from Tolt (Snoqualmie DK), creates the most delightfully squishy fabric around, …
TBT :: Viriditas
This is part of a weekly series of trips down knittery lane (a lame take on memory lane), in which I go on (and on) about inspiration for an older pattern. The patterns discussed will be offered for $2 off for the week, until the next TBT post. Use coupon code tbtshannonsq-vir on Ravelry to get your $2 off of …
Stilll socking…
Socks remain my go-to / on-the-go / go-anywhere project. In 2018 so far, I have only finished two actual socks, but they kind of make a pair, if you squint and turn your head a bit to one side… The left sock is from 2017’s HerStory Sock Club: Casa del Colores, in honor of Carmen Yulin Cruz, mayor of San …