sweater

Barrington is here!

[Translate] The pattern for Barrington is finally live! This is without question, my favourite design to date, and I’m sure it will be at or near the top for quite some time. Why? Well, the story behind Barrington is a long one. It actually started very soon after I learned to knit. It was at this time that I discovered my fascination with cables!! While I love almost every aspect of knitting, cables remain my favourite thing to create. I have a difficult time creating something without a cable in there somewhere–you’ve probably noticed that. A little while back, […]

The Knit must go on … …

[Translate] If I can be so bold as to pass on a piece of advice to you it’s this … perform regular backups! Preferably on a weekly schedule, depending on how much information you’re putting on your hard drive. You can delete the previous one after the current one is complete, although I would recommend keeping 2 and on separate drives. Yeah, last week this was my computer … That’s not how you want an iMac to look. It’s really hard seeing websites when it’s in that condition. o_O So yes, my hard drive failed. I think the data […]

Sweater September …

[Translate] A couple of years ago, New Stitch A Day developed a 30 Day sweater template and had a 30 day sweater challenge. The concept was completing the seemingly daunting task of knitting a sweater in 30 days! Through doing the challenge what most people discovered was that it wasn’t daunting at all! In fact, it was enjoyable and easily accomplished. My friend Zylo is continuing the challenge and has thrown the gauntlet. She is doing Sweater September, where the goal is to knit a sweater in the month of September. Now I know we’re 1/3 of the way […]

That time of year ….

[Translate] This is the time of year that most people refer to as the “Dog Days of Summer”. Most knitters don’t think of knitting in the heat (except those in the Southern Hemisphere who are enjoying winter) and I used to be among this group. There are actually lots of great things to knit in the summer to keep you cool, and definitely in the evenings it’s a great time to unwind during those long summer nights. Today is also July 25th, or as it is getting to be known as, Christmas in July! That’s right, Christmas is only […]

Finished!

[Translate] Tomorrow we’re back to color work – lots happening there – but today I wanted to take a quick time out to tell of a finished object. Yup, here’s a sweater I finished and delivered! I’m happy to say it was exactly what she wanted and I was pleasantly surprised as to how much she liked it. She wanted something similar to the Elementary scarf, but I didn’t want to make a whole bunch of strips and then braid them and try to make them look like a sweater! Soooooo, I used a reversible cable pattern in a […]