LOVE. This is the botanic hat, by Stephen West. I rarely buy hat patterns, but as more and more botanic hat projects began showing up on ravelry, I decided that I needed to knit this, and I justified my purchase by telling myself that this pattern would be great for gift knitting. I can’t say [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cascade 220’
FO: botanic hat.
Posted in knitting, tagged FO, knitting, handspun, cascade 220, hello yarn, myrtle, the silent undergrowth, five plum pie, botanic hat, stephen west, seaman's cap on October 6, 2009 | 10 Comments »
you gotta keep ‘em separated.
Posted in knitting, spinning, tagged FO, knitting, handspun, cascade 220, spinning, hello yarn, BFL, 3-ply, worsted, crown mountain farms, skein, romney, garter yoke cardigan on September 29, 2009 | 9 Comments »
My sense of humor is returning, which makes me hopeful that I’ll be back to my usual (healthy) self today. A few weekends ago, I was having a conversation with my officemate about The Offspring. (He LOVED them, and even seemed a bit nostalgic for the days when they were on the radio all the [...]
GYC.
Posted in kitchen, knitting, spinning, tagged knitting, handspun, cascade 220, spinning, hello yarn, kitchen, BFL, singles, sauerkraut, crown mountain farms, romney, alpine, garter yoke cardigan, gyc on September 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Despite the fact that I haven’t actively listened to any Michael Jackson since the summer, every time I go to abbreviate the garter yoke cardigan as GYC (you know, when I label photos and such), I hear the chorus of PYT in my head.
I’m just over halfway through the raglan increases now, and I’m hoping [...]
“now i find myself on the mountainside…”
Posted in knitting, tagged botanic hat, cascade 220, five plum pie, handspun, hat, knitting, nanci griffith on September 21, 2009 | 7 Comments »
“…where the rivers change direction across the great divide.” Other Voices, Other Rooms (Nanci Griffith) was on the stereo throughout a fun Saturday night at the home of friends, which prompted me to digitally dig out some Nanci to accompany me through my Sunday.
Though it warmed up to the low 70s yesterday, the morning heralded [...]
spooky forests and superwash socks.
Posted in knitting, out of doors, tagged boh, knitting, cascade 220, hiking, superwash socks, boy on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Friday afternoon, we went frolicking slightly further afield. We hopped in the car and headed south to a nearby state forest to stretch our muscles and allow our minds to unwind a bit from a busy week. If you’ve been reading, you know I’ve been looking for good boy sock patterns, and the hang-up I’ve [...]
toast and socktober.
Posted in knitting, tagged 2008, cascade 220, FO, knitting, sunshine yarns, through the loops mystery sock, toast on October 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Whoops! Saw these last week at A Friend to Knit With and just had to cast on. I used random leftovers of Cascade 220 Heathers. Finished one immediately, and then life got in the way. I’ll be happy with my schoolwork progress if I read two books this weekend, and after I finished the first [...]
business time.
Posted in knitting, tagged Rusted Root, mom, peaches and creme, cotton, cascade 220, dishcloth, zephyr style, wilco, wicked on May 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have no idea why I’ve had a little boy’s tie hanging in my closet. No idea. Until now. I’ll say it again: my dog is ridiculous. Alright, onto a bit more knitting.
Rusted Root isn’t quite dry, but I tried it on anyway last night, worried that it was relaxing too much, and instead, I [...]
umm, yarn alert.
Posted in knitting, tagged 28thirty, cascade 220, kpixie, peace fleece, pinwheel blanket, scarf, stash, ultra alpaca, WEBS, zephyr on April 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Two things:
And
Right.
So, the first picture is Peace Fleece, from kpixie. Over the weekend, while browsing through other people’s queues on Ravelry, I saw 28thirty, by the Zephyr girls, and the pattern and this yarn became an irrational need. In order to get the colorway I wanted (grass roots), I had to purchase a kit for [...]
distraction #2.
Posted in knitting, tagged cascade 220, FO, hurricane hat, knitting on April 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Again with the need to be knitting something that isn’t fiddly. I had at least 120 yards of leftovers from the third skein of the Cascade 220 I used for the pinwheel blanket, and somehow the magic of ravelry led me to cast on for the hurricane hat by Andrea Goutier (size 7 needles). This [...]
pinwheels and a new project
Posted in knitting, tagged cascade 220, knitting, knitty, lace ribbon scarf, pinwheel blanket, yarn pirate on April 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
First of all, whoa! WordPress got fancy! (Overnight! This may take some getting used to.) Second, look at my pinwheel! Binding off 430 st took forever, as in, I had to call a friend to apologize for my lateness and explain that I was still casting off…
I really like this — which is good, because [...]


