Happy new year, liturgists! Today is Advent 1, which means it’s the first day of the 2014 Christian year. Here we start remembering, celebrating, and participating in the story of Jesus all over again. To celebrate, I’m reducing the price of the Liturgical Year Pattern Series to $40. It began two years ago today; … More Seasonal Socks
As I described before, it was rather difficult to explain how the beautiful (and very large) strip of mosaic knitting I was working on was going to end up being a bag. It is finished now, and you can judge for yourself whether or not I in fact succeeded in making a bag. The instructions … More Bag’s End
At the tender age of 8 months, Nomeykins is not a very well-traveled person. Outside her native state, she’s really only visited Maryland (unless you count West Virginia, the only parts of which she has visited outside of a car being Sheetzs). She can only imagine fondly when we describe to her such far-off climes … More Southwestern Socktoberfest
Some impulses ought not be resisted. Like, when you realize you accidentally made your baby a Jedi dress, deciding three days before halloween to make her a Princess Leia hat. I think of this as an alternate universe Leia – one in which Luke is the one who grows up a senator’s child, and Leia … More The Force Is Strong with This One…
This is a basic tutorial on how to incorporate one of our gradient yarn sets into a pattern. The basic idea is to have a brief overlap section between skeins so as to create the illusion of one slowly changing color. (Credit for this technique goes to The Unique Sheep.) Scroll down to see a … More How to Use a Gradient
This is a story that started over three years ago. A grown-up daughter was moving away from near her mummy, and the mummy was rather desperate to stay connected. They were both knitters, so they came up with a project. The Project. The Sweater, to be exact: The Oregon Autumn cardigan by Alice Starmore (Published … More The Sweater Is Done
Thing three of three recently knit for Allison (see part one and part two) is quite opposite to the former two – at least when it comes to texture. When we turned our headlights north for our wee vacation to Canada two years ago, our first stop was an overnight in Toronto. It was really … More Allison’s Headband
We’re in a bit of a miniseries right now of a few things recently knit for the most patient friend. (First installment here.) I should say, to my own credit, that although it was over two years between the agreement to knit her things and her receipt of said things, I didn’t actually have the … More Allison’s Socks
In August of 2011, Jared & I took a trip up to Toronto with our friends Allison and Seretha. Not unpredictably, we made just about every wool-related stop on this trip that we could find an excuse for. We may or may not have picked a campsite based on the fact that it was … More Allison’s Mittens
I have only begun to think about fall, and you’re telling me September is over?! Good grief! The whole month was a bit of a blur in this house, between having weekend guests, weekend events, and swinging full-speed the school year. between full-time classes for me and part-time work for Jared, we are becoming master … More And there went September
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