wiggle mitt

Posted on 19 CommentsPosted in patterns

a cozy, soft yarn enhances the squishy cabled goodness of these warm-but-lightweight mitts. the fine fabric is dense enough to keep out the cold and still allow plenty of hand dexterity. the heavier cabled fabric along the back makes a nice windbreaker and adds plenty of textured interest. shown above in NewHueHandspuns, colorway rose petals. […]

everybody’s happy after all

Posted on 34 CommentsPosted in food and garden, lace/shawls, projects

for janet, there is alhambra. and for the others, there was cake. yesterday was a busy class day; everyone is ramping up their knitting of small projects to stockpile gifts for the holidays. i finished my brown sock and a hat, several people were working on mitts (i think it’s safe to say that casino […]

the nice thing about a hat is . . .

Posted on 29 CommentsPosted in designing, projects

it’s a quickie project. just when you think it’s going slower than you’d planned, it’s time to start the decreases and from there it’s 1-2-3-done. for myself, i knit the smallest of the three sizes i’d planned; it’s probably perfect for most youngsters. almost anyone else will need one of the larger sizes (if one […]

ply me a river

Posted on 22 CommentsPosted in projects, spinning and fiber

today was a great spinning day. i got up early enough to start spinning before my class arrived and got back to work on the lincoln/corriedale/nylon sock yarn i started ages ago (i took a break to spin a a tangled tale yarn shop. we had twelve lovely participants who came to work through a […]