I’ve finished both of the Fire on the Mountain Leyburns, and I’m really pleased with the way they turned out. Since I’m not a fan of a short-row heel, I worked a toe-up heel flap. I used eye of partridge as the pattern on the flap to emphasize the color variations in the yarn, as [...]
I haven’t really been knitting much since the start of 2009. I just haven’t seemed to find the inspiration to work on anything. So, knowing that this knitting funk could ruin my annual yardage knit average, I decided to join a knitalong, and let someone else tell me what to knit. I decided to join [...]
It’s another project from the backlog. I picked up a copy of Cat Bordhi’s New Pathways for Sock Knitters: Book One from the library because I was interested in seeing the new ways she handled sock architecture in it. I wasn’t completely sure I’d like the book, and since the local library has a good [...]
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 [...]
A few Saturdays ago was the Black Sheep Gathering in Eugene, OR. I took a trip down for my first Oregon fiber festival. I did manage to buy a bit of yarn. First up was a purchase from A Verb for Keeping Warm. I’d first heard about the company in a Stash & Burn podcast. [...]
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