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Out of all the patterns I have designed so far, Rachel’s Tears has the most of my heart and soul packed into it. The name of this pattern came from two places. The first is from an Anglican service in a little booklet called Liturgies and Prayers Related to Childbearing, Childbirth, and Loss; the service is [...] The idea for this shawl happened all at once, as these things often do. And it happened in church, as it often does to me. We were visiting the Church of the Ascension in that fancy area of Pittsburgh called Oakland, and over the side chapel I spotted this. I was lucky to have my camera [...] Good morning! I know it’s two hours after noon where I am, but on the day after two weeks of Jan terms have been completed, that totally counts as morning. I had a blast, I learned, I laughed, I read, I wrote, I had deep thoughts. And, of course, I knit. Oh, how I knit. [...] On December 24th, the last pair of socks from Folk Socks came off the needles. They were the only pair for which I used the actual recommended yarn: Jamieson & Smith’s 2-ply Jumper Weight. They were kept hidden from the internet because their recipient was my mum. Pattern review: I thought 90 stitches around seemed a [...] Remember when I was knitting these random things? They are not, in fact, slippers for Dufflepuds (though Roommate A insists I should not be prejudiced against Dufflepuds and that knitting slippers for them is a fine and noble calling. Personally, I do not think I could knit anything for someone I found so annoying). They are, [...] Hats! People seem to like hats. Oddly, very interesting people seem to like very boring hats. But I have great affection for these interesting people, so I comply. The hat on the right is for my sister-in-law, who was my secret Santa. We opted for the sS route among the Osborn offspring this year, since we [...] What happened to this month? It seems like a week ago that I was dressed up for Halloween and shocking everyone with my new haircut, and here it is about to be December. Like Tomorrow! I did in fact knit November socks: “Merike’s Socks” from Nancy Bush’s Folk Socks. Only laziness prevented me from showing them [...] I love to take pictures of our homegrown veggies. It’s even more amazing than knitwork to me… I can hardly believe these were just seeds six months ago! And now harvest time is upon us. I check the weather every day to see if the frost is immanent, so I can pull in all those [...] Fall is here, and I am more or less in denial. September is nearly over, the first pumpkin in our patch is ripe, and September’s socks are actually finished. Pattern review: The gauges in Folk Socks are weird. I keep encountering it; I keep blogging about it. So why do I keep believing the patterns? These [...] For some reason, I keep telling myself that I like finishing. “Weaving in ends is satisfying!” I say to customers, colleagues, students and friends, with a genuine and optimistic smile. “After working so hard on something, weaving in the ends just right is really a treat, and blocking evens out your stitches so nicely and [...] |
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