Owlie Sleep Sack
Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed Tepper Pattern: Owlie Sleep Sack by Teresa Cole Started on: 02/01/15 Completed: 02/06/15 Notes: YOU CAN NOT CONTAIN THE ARMS! THE ARMS MUST FLAIL!
Crafting since birth; drinking since noon.
Category: For the torso
St. Brigid
Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed Tepper in “Irish Coffee” Pattern: St. Brigid by Alice Starmore Started: October 7, 2013 Completed: November 21, 2013 Notes: Technically I didn’t so much as “finish” as “give it to a friend on the condition that they never speak of it to me again”. The collar still needed to …
Mountain Mama
Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed Emma in “Buttercream” (solid) and Lorna’s Laces Honor in “Chocolate” Pattern: driftwood by Isabell Kraemer Started: August 14, 2013 Completed: October 24, 2013 Notes: Knit mostly on the road trip to West Virginia and back, I love, love, love, love, love how this turned out. I plan on wearing …
Hester Wynne
Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed in a variety of colors and base yarns Pattern: Hester Chevron Lace Pullover by Lucinda Guy Started: 10/16/12 Completed: 03/16/13 Notes: So. Many. Notes. See my Ravelry project page if you’re that interested.
Tim made a funny about how it was just “un-SEAM-ly”
Guess what is off the needles (although I will still have a neckline to knit after everything is seamed together)? The big part is finished. Now I just need to seam it, knit the neckline, and block the shit out of it. Started in October of 2010… finished… SOON!
Wistful Beeswax
Yarn: Briar Rose Wistful and HaldeCraft HandDyed in “None of your Beeswax” Pattern: Mostly the EZ percentage system for a pullover, but also a few touches made up as I went along (like a picot bindoff, double rolled collar, hemmed sleeves and bottom. Notes: I wanted something that looked like …
Not a Placket Pullover
Yarn: Fiesta Boomerang in “Sedona” Pattern: Child’s Placket-Neck Pullover by Joelle Hoverson Notes: Happy baby, Lala!
Game of Buttercups
Yarn: Jaeger Pure Cotton, sent to me a couple of years ago by my lovely friend Karen. Thank you, dear! I love, love, love this yarn, just like you knew I would! Pattern: Buttercup by Heidi Kirrmaier Notes: Knitted primarily on Sunday evenings while watching Game of Thrones. Hence, the name …
Bewbs for Beth
These aren’t actually for Beth herself; but she put a call out to her knitter friends, to knit for a friend of hers who is Fighting the Good Fight. As you can see, I made one “normal” and one “fun” (she only needs to wear one at a time, so …
Build me up, Buttercup
Yarn: Classic Elite Classic Silk, which I love, love, love! A little dry while working with it but fucking butter soft after washing. Pattern: Buttercup by Heidi Kirrmaier Notes: The problems I had with this were many, and they were all me — this is a hella easy pattern and …
The one where I can tell you about my knitting
Yarn: Lorna’s Laces Pearl in “Shenanigans” (for the non-knitters, Pearl is a 51% Silk, 49% Bamboo yarn and it is DIVINE) Pattern: Gabriella by Ann Weaver Notes: From my Ravelry page – OVERALL – I love this yarn with big flowery girly hearty hearts. It was lovely to work with …
Anne Boleyn
Yarn: White is Lorna’s Laces Green Line Worsted; multi is my handspun, fiber from the BlackBunny Fibers Fiber Club. Pattern: Made it up as I went along. If you’re on Ravelry and curious, you can read my notes. Notes: August and September! Great time to finish up a hot and …
Green Gable, in purple
Yarn: Elsabeth Lavold’s Silky Wool Pattern: Green Gable by Rachel Bishop, with modifications to the arm and hem
Amy’s Park Hoodie
Here’s one thing that’s been keeping me busy the last couple of weeks… finally finishing Amy’s hoodie! Things were so nuts in May and June that I really didn’t have the mental power to do anything complicated. I felt bad because all I needed to do was finish about 3 …
Gather ye currants
Yarn: Blue Sky Alpaca sport weight in “Currant” Pattern: Gathered Pullover by Hana Jason Notes: for a mostly stockinette project, this took a lot longer than I originally thought. But then, I did also start and finish three other smaller projects while working on this one…! If you’re on Ravelry …
Red, Red Wicked
Red red wine, you make me feel so fine! Yarn: Louet Gems light worsted weight in “Burgundy” Pattern: Wicked (Ravel it) Notes: This pattern is like potato chips… I can’t make just one! (No, really!)
Wicked Yeller
How did I not blog this a couple weeks ago? Sigh. Yarn: Malabrigo worsted weight, and some of my handspun Pattern: Wicked (Ravel it!) Notes: Whipped this out as a shop sample, to show people what we’d be knitting in a class.
Pioneer
Yarn: Lorna’s Laces Green Line Worsted in “Maple Grove” Pattern: Pioneer (Knitty.com; Ravelry) Notes: Well… I had every intention of giving this as a Christmas present. Yup. I sure did. Uh-huh. Yup. That was my intention. Yes, indeedy. And now? After finishing and trying it on? Hey! Look! Over there! …