Last March, I posted the fiber I got from Briar Rose Fibers for the Ply by Night Ravelry spin-along. It was a mix of interesting colors, and I really had no idea how it would look spun into yarn. The colors were misted throughout the top, not done in sections like most fiber I had [...]
Back in May on Fiber Fun Day, I made some watermelon colored batts. I’d given these batts to my Mom as a Mother’s Day present with a promise that I would take them back, spin them and knit them into something for her. I started spinning them back in July. I decided to do a [...]
For previous readers of this blog, it should come as no suprise when I say that I’m a huge fan of Nancy Bush sock patterns. A quick scan through my previous socks, and I’ve knit at least 7 pairs of socks from Nancy Bush patterns, mostly from her books Knitting Vintage Socks and Knitting on [...]
This shawl started with the best of intentions as my Knitting Olympics 2008 project. Could I really knit Laminaria in laceweight in 18 days? Sure, I thought. I’d take it with me everywhere, and there should be no problem. If I hadn’t modified the pattern, I think I would have made it. I had so [...]
This is the start of catching up on my backlog of finished projects. Jim is behind this pair of socks, both the pattern and the yarn. One night, while I was searching for something new to knit, Jim told me to ”go get that book I got you”. He was referring to Nancy Bush’s Knitting Vintage Socks. I [...]
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