For The Neck

Lorena on August 18th, 2011

Yarn: Lisa Souza Sock! in “Berry Poppins,” which Becca gave to me for my birthday an embarrassingly long time ago! Pattern: Cast on about 120. Knit in a tube until you’re worried you’re going to run out. Bind off. Notes: I started this while on vacation, in case we did any nighttime driving that I [...]

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Lorena on June 19th, 2011

Recently I bought some software to help me with writing knitting patterns (Intwined Pattern Studio) and in addition to charting out a few new patterns, I’m also using it to revisit and spruce up some of my older, free (and most popular) patterns. The second one that I retooled is June is for Jag; it [...]

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Lorena on June 14th, 2011

Recently I bought some software to help me with writing knitting patterns (Intwined Pattern Studio) and in addition to charting out a few new patterns, I’m also using it to revisit and spruce up some of my older, free (and most popular) patterns. The first one that I retooled is January is for Karen; it [...]

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Lorena on November 20th, 2010

Yarn: Trendsetter Yarns Kashmir Pattern: made up as I went along

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Lorena on October 25th, 2010

Yarn: di.Vé Teseo Pattern:  Cast on an odd number (say, 25); K2, P2 across, last stitch will be a K1; repeat until you run out of yarn Notes: Finished about a week before my birthday, I just kept forgetting to post about it. Dur.

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Lorena on August 31st, 2010

Yarn: Spritely Goods Limited Edition Sylph Sock Yarn Pattern:  cowl; made it up as I went along.

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Lorena on June 12th, 2010

Yarn: some unlabeled sock yarn from my stash Pattern: made up as I went along Notes: Made for my massage therapist; I think I like the way it turned out, and have started another to make sure. If I like it, I’ll write up the pattern.

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Lorena on May 25th, 2010

Yarn: Mind’s Eye, from the sock club Pattern: Gloria Cowl by Orinda5

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Lorena on January 28th, 2010

No; not the movie. Although I named it that because I knit the majority of it while at the movie. Did I mention 3D movies give me migraines? Yeah. Just found that out, at this movie. Yarn: Mind’s Eye Yarns, from her sock club Pattern: Gloria Cowl by Orinda5 Notes: I think I pretty much [...]

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Lorena on January 7th, 2010

Yarn: Koigu Kersti Merino Crepe Pattern: Morning Surf Scarf by Jackie Erickson-Schweitzer Notes: I wanted to learn this cool technique of the bubble-thing, with the dropped stitches. I had seen this pattern in Spin Off about a year ago and every once and a while thought about knitting it; then when one of our customers [...]

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