Osborn Fiber Studio

I knitted for my Chris Kindle (code for Secret Santa): A pretty, green, merino-silk cowl. Sorry I caught you with the flash. My only excuse is that this picture was taken around 12:05 on Christmas morning, after the late service. Pattern: Kate’s Feather-and-Fan cowl (come to Cloverhill and buy some yarn and you can get … More On the Eleventh Day of Christmas

I knitted for my spouse: An Armando hat (ravelry link) in Malabrigo worsted! Jared says: “Didn’t I also look stoned in the picture you took of me wearing the hat you made me last year?” I don’t know; let’s find out. Hmmm. Things I learned from this project: 1. Slip stitch patterns, and slip-stitch-like patterns, … More On the tenth Day of Christmas

I knitted for my friend, A cashmere chemo cap of glory. It’s hard to really think of it as fair to make a gift like this – I feel like I’ve gotten all the fun in getting to touch the yarn all the time when I knitted it. But Becky loved it, she is totally … More On the Ninth Day of Christmas

I knitted for my sis: A wee baby dog whose whole body is a head! Figured that could only be the next step from her current obsession, Littlest Pet Shop, where 95% of all animals’ body mass is head. Why not go the rest of the way? Pattern: Improvised, but shamelessly ripped off Susan Morishita’s … More On the Eighth Day of Christmas

I knitted for my friend, A scarf so manly, it’s not even soft. (Again, forethought in the face of great, discontinued yarn, found while on vacation. Really not a skill I’ve acquired.) This scarf and I came perilously close to major, major tragedy.  I was entranced by the pattern, Building Block scarves out of this … More On the Sixth Day of Christmas

I knitted for my friends, Earflap hats in Tigers colors! I am the baseball Uruk-Hai. My pastor’s family (wife and twin teenage boys) like the Tigers a LOT. Enough that when a shipment of Austermann Murano came into the shop, and one ball was white, blue, and yellow, I figured that they’d probably wear their … More On the Fifth Day of Christmas

I knitted for my pastor: A black angora scarf and hat. To be super-soft on all occasions and go with preistywear. Things I learned from this project: 1. 70% angora yarn sheds like a longhaired cat in spring with ringworm. Hopefully this will not be a problem for someone who has to wear all black … More On the Fourth Day of Christmas

I knitted for my mom, A big black moebius circular scarf. Pattern was out of Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Knitting Around; it’s the moebius scarf, garter stitch with integrated i-cord edging. Yarn: Berroco’s Peruvia Quick, in, uh, black. Needles were size 11 I think. The perfect gift for my mom who has, sadly, fallen prey to a … More On the Third Day of Christmas

I knitted for my friend: Blueberry Chocolate socks! With marshmallows! I called these socks, which now belong to Fjord, the “cultured socks,” because long stretches of them were knit at a Bela Fleck concert and at a performance of the Screwtape letters. The Araucania Ranco Multi that they were knit with variegated beautifully. They are … More On the second day of Christmas