Hello all! November is barreling along here so it's time for another post. The shawl in question is the Other People's Houses Shawl by Heidi Gustad. She is is a super spunky designer I discovered through the Yarn Talk podcast on YouTube and then followed on Instagram...but before now I had just gone "ooh, neat!" … Continue reading About that Shawl
In a college town, time moves the the coming and going of students and faculty. Everyone is back now. The mornings are cool and the parking is gone. I have had a big stack of unopened fall knitting magazines for weeks, but I hadn't been able to get my head around this whole fall thing. … Continue reading The Last of the Summer Knitting
Still not 100% here, but I can't wait any longer to show you my latest FO: the much-awaited Midtown Cardigan. Ok, so maybe none of you were holding your breath for it. But I started this sweater last September, shortly after I received my copy of Midwestern Knits. All the patterns in that books are … Continue reading I Miss My Photo Stylist
Here we are, knitters, in the middle of the year. This holiday weekend is billed as the epitome of vivacity by cooking and lifestyle magazines, but here in Kansas it has been uniformly dour. Some rain, but mostly just solid, dull clouds and a cool wind. Malthus and I are on the couch, listening to … Continue reading In the Middle
As you well know, there have been some gaps in the blogging record. Some represent actual dry spells in my knitty activity, while others are times when I am consumed by another craft. Late in summer of 2014, I needed a gift for my groom, and in a moment overflowing with warm fuzzies, I decided … Continue reading The Neverending Quilt
This is a year of trying and learning: knitting patterns I've coveted, learning to pick instead of throwing, completing the Master Knitter coursework, spinning on a wheel, and learning to sew like a grownup. Sometimes, I'm a little daunted by all I've taken on. There's really no reason it had to be done all at … Continue reading Things at Which I do Not Excel
Welcome to one cold May, people. I don't know what the weather's like where you're at, but here in Kansas it is gloomy, chilly, and damp. While other crafters are kicking off Me Made May with bright, springy little outfits, I am quite glad to have a hat. This is my Koolhaas hat, only nine … Continue reading Never Too Late for a Hat
Hello All! My camera battery was in need of a good charge, so photos of Knitting in the Heartland goodies will have to wait. Allow me to distract you with this post that was marinating in the drafts... I have this thing with scarves. Somehow, they're hard for me. First, there's the difficulty of … Continue reading Never too Late for a Scarf
Hello, all. I may have found the cure for a bad mood: The Girl on the Train. I mean, a quiet night of reading is a good opportunity to unwind and recharge, but Hawkin's suburbia is populated with people who have far larger problems than I do, which does put things in perspective. Of course … Continue reading Testing, Testing
Well, Querido's sweater still looks like a blob of navy blue fabric, so let's look at something else. Francis! (Details on Ravelry) This top represents the last of my summer of top knitting. First came the Kansas Spring, then a Cap-Sleeve Lattice Top that, with one exception, flew under the radar. Francis was started way … Continue reading Adventurous
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