This project knitted up really quick.  Or rather, it required little of my time.  Infact, until I hit the shoulders, it was fairly mindless knitting.   I started this sweater in March but several other things prevented any focused attention to knit on it.  This became my on the go knitting.  A few minutes a week was all it […]

The rules are here.   (Let’s not mention that I have already broken rule #1.  Rules are meant to be broken, right?)
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It starts with a provisional cast on.  Let’s see that eliminates any shawl that starts with only two or three stitches.

I […]

I have been wanting to post about the shawl I am knitting for Dyann.  I am in love with the pattern.  However, we agreed that we would keep our chosen patterns a secret.  This makes for difficult posting. At the very least, non-photographic posting.  Or does it? 
I am proposing a contest. 
The rules:  

Every week I will […]

My sweater has declared a do-over.
I was cruising merrily along the body.  Trying it on as I went and it fit great.  As perfect a fit as my favorite T-shirt.  Coincidentally, that happened to be the muse for the dimensions of this pullover.  Thus, I was in knitting bliss.  
Next came the shoulders.  I was going […]

August is here.  How does that happen?  Blink. April showers and May flowers.  Blink. Blink.  June flies by.  Blink. July is over.  Blink.  I would try blinking less, but I can’t overcome the automatic response that my eyes insist upon.
I think time speeds up in direct proportion to an increase in the quantity of chaos, […]

Warning: This post is long.  However, I hope I am able to both entertain and enlighten about the thought process behind my shawl design. More over I hope that makes up for my wordiness.   I also hope this may inspire someone else to persevere when they design something of their own.
I am anxiously willing the universe to bend to […]

I was all set to do this fabulous, photo-loaded, tutorial on how to reverse knit in response to so many of you enquiring how to accomplish this wonderful avoidance of purling.  I was going to build whatever contraption I needed to position the camera sans hubby (and sans cats with opposable thumbs).  I was about to […]