About two weeks ago, I wanted to go to knit night, but had nothing to knit. How lucky I was that the Spring Knitty came out that day. After taking a look through, I decided to cast on for the Absinthe sock pattern. I knew that I had the perfect color yarn for the pattern. [...]
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 [...]
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 started this pair of socks back in March, when I needed a new project because I was taking a cross-country plane flight. I took that flight to get to Oregon for a job interview. I got that job, and finished this pair of socks on the drive from [...]
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