summer top

Yikes!

[Translate] Wow! I can’t believe it’s been a month since my last post! I am sooooo sorry. Yes, things happen, and I have been a little busy, but I honestly don’t know where the month went.I’m going to blame it on the weather – yeah, that’s right. It’s all mother nature’s fault. No seriously, the blame is all mine and I promise to never let it happen again. So where were we? … Oh, yeah, the summer top. Well, if you started the top, don’t fret. I will have the full pattern written up and on the blog, along […]

Starting the KAL

[Translate] Hmmm … you know that saying about the best laid plans? Well, I’m afraid this summer top KAL is one such situation. I went to the store today to have a look at the top and I have to say I was totally disappointed. As a matter of fact, I’m trying to figure out how they got the picture to look so good! Yes, in real life the garment does not look nearly as good as the picture. could we have been duped? Perhaps. But all is not lost. I still intend to go ahead with the KAL, […]

Drop the needles … summer is here!

[Translate] Yes, I know I’m about 4 or 5 days early, but can you really blame me? It’s been so long sine we’ve had a couple weeks of consistent weather that I have to believe that summer will arrive as planned on June 20/21. Just in time for summer as well is a post from Knitfinder on Facebook about a beautiful summer top that they found in a store. It just so happens that in one of the knitting groups I go to we have been talking about reverse engineering a pattern for a few weeks now. I don’t […]