It’s turned decidedly more wintry in these parts lately, with biting wind and low temperatures. It’s a good thing, so, that I finished this up recently. I’m not sure exactly what got me on to the track of wanting to knit something like this but down the rabbit hole I went. The pattern I used…
This technically isn’t new. I made it last winter but never wore it as I was unhappy with a few things. Firstly, I made many errors in the front chart. Then, the sleeve caps were both different and misshapen. I finally got around to ripping it out and reknitting it. The pattern is Chuck by…
I mentioned the other day when I showed my first Moss skirt that I’d already made another. Well, here it is. I love the shape of the original but riding a bicycle in it is a precarious situation. I added a pleat both in the front and back. I went for the very plain and…
Someone went away for the weekend and I did some sewing. I did other things, too, but Saturday was mostly spent sewing, knitting and drinking tea. It was one of those perfect November days: calm, sunny in the morning, foggy in the afternoon, low light, damp air. I often feel like November gets forgotten about…
It has been a long time since I shared any knitting here but that’s not to say I haven’t been doing any. The truth is that even though I still knit every single day, a lot of it is pretty perfunctory stuff. And I suppose one must face the fact that, after many years of…