...have been mingling inside my head and on my needles this past couple of years. When I started creating my own handknit wardrobe, back in the late '80s, "the era of dinosaurs" as my son calls it, knitting was mostly a way of making beautiful things to wear inspired by the feedback of that time: …
...is a great idea when you A) can't pay much attention to your project, because you are paying attention to a TV show OR B) have lots of yarn leftovers you want to use but they aren't enough for a structured, written pattern. It happens to me all the time and I bet it happens …
...wip I have managed to finish this year and how I feel about each one. I'll start with projects from other designers' patterns and will proceed with my own designs tomorrow. "Think Big" is a pattern by Deborah Newton that appeared in Vogue Knitting Magazine. I "magnified" the pattern a bit, using chunky yarn and …
...you can find (among other projects that I cannot share for the moment) a couple of socks that I'm knitting for my teenage-son: his feet have grown to a larger size, which means new "Santa Socks" this year! This is my only "fun" project these days, by fun I mean a project that is not …
...crazy blankets! It's been a while since my last post, so a lot of knitting has been done and a lot of writing patterns, too! If you take the time to visit my Ravelry store, you will perhaps be interested enough to participate in the upcoming May Royal MKAL (this one deserves a whole post of …
... is such a pleasure, especially if one is working on a project that does not require too much thinking, like the one I am currrently working on: a simple "rectangle" cardigan with minimum colorwork just to make use of my precious Malabrigo Rastita leftovers. You shouldn't expect anything elaborate, some ribbing to start with, …
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