Category: Unfinished Object

• Can’t Put Down the Hat

  Closer, closer, closer to the decreases…

  Allison

  February 18, 2014

  Knitting, Unfinished Object

  Northanger Abbey beret

• WIP Wednesday

    Like the start of this shawl, I started the week a little rumpled and out-of-sorts.  So Monday’s tidying-up post became Tuesday’s tidying-up post, and now here we are, on Wednesday morning, finally posting.  Ever have one of those weeks? I survived the PINK-ness. As I had hoped, the unbridled exuberance of the color was…

  Allison

  February 12, 2014

  Finished Object, Knitting, Stash, Unfinished Object

  Annis shawl, Bristol Ivy, Emma Welford, Northanger Abbey beret, Sallah cowl, Veera Välimäki, Wallpaper Cowl, WIPs

• How Much More Pink?

  As a general rule, I love color. Pops of red, rich browns, soft grays, soothing blue and a snap of orange: all these colors are lovely. Longtime readers know, of course, that I will drop everything and swim through an alligator tank to get to any shade of green. But the pink is bringing me…

  Allison

  February 6, 2014

  Knit American, Knitting, Unfinished Object

  pink, Sallah cowl, sock yarn, Vermont Grand View Farm

• Startitis Is Going Around

  Finishing this little hat will be hard as I start looking sidelong at big bulky hat and scarf patterns.

  Allison

  February 3, 2014

  Unfinished Object

  Knitting, Nothanger Abbey beret

• Winter Weather Is Not Conducive to Photography

  The cold that is gripping everywhere else in the country has just brushed Arizona. Instead of the weather being 10 degrees above normal, it’s at normal, perhaps a tad below. The bright sky that will taunt us through a long, hot, rainless summer doesn’t appear every morning, and today I put on a scarf to…

  Allison

  January 9, 2014

  Knit American, Unfinished Object, Weather

  Alicia Plummer, Beaverslide Dry Goods yarn, Ease sweater, mulespun yarn, Sweet Grass Wool Yarn

• My Couch

  The O w l s suffered an incident. Several, actually. I first discovered that my gauge was off. Then, while measuring to see if I could salvage the gauge, I discovered that the waist shaping began and ended too soon. I considered ripping back and adding more length, and then realized that I barely had…

  Allison

  November 13, 2013

  Knitting, Stash, Unfinished Object

  Calm Wool yarn, Owls

• O w l s Proceed

  More O w l s! Last night I left behind waist decreases for waist increases. Tonight, Melba and I are sitting down to a nice British murder mystery and knitting ourselves to sleep. Achieving that end might take one of us less time than the other.

  Allison

  November 7, 2013

  Knitting, Melba, Unfinished Object

  Owls

• Sea Wolf and Worsted

  The weather in Arizona is finally, finally, finally turning. Mornings are chilly, evenings are cool, and daytime highs are below 90º. This is the time of year when Sea Wolf‘s music becomes my soundtrack and I start craving sweaters knit in worsted-weight yarns. (if you live somewhere where October means highs in the 60ºs or…

  Allison

  October 17, 2013

  Knitting, Music, Unfinished Object, Weather

  Kate Davies, Owls, Sea Wolf band

• The Screams All Sound the Same

  One day, my computer and all the good pictures loaded on it will be in the same place as I am when the urge to blog strikes. Unfortunately, that day is not today. Nor is today the day I will finish the Holden Shawlette I’ve recently picked back up. Last night, while rammed into the…

  Allison

  September 18, 2013

  Unfinished Object

  Holden Shawlette

• The Blanket Isn’t Finished

  Nor is the rain.

  Allison

  September 9, 2013

  Unfinished Object, Weather

  clouds, rain