I am quite lucky to have wonderful friends who, while not necessarily knitters themselves, wholeheartedly embrace the knitting obsession and even act as enablers. It gives me no end of happiness to know that I am surrounded by supportive and enthusiastic interest for what is often deemed a trivial …
Seaming the Portree
This will be the third and final installment of a series of posts about the Portree Poncho. The first post gives information on the I-cord cast on and bind off used in this pattern. The second post explains my washing and blocking techniques for the two panels of the poncho. Now, I'd like to spend a …
Blocking the Portree
This post is a followup to my very first post, in which I described how to fix a mistake I made on my initial test knit of the Portree Poncho. In the first post, I focused on the I-cord cast on and bind off used in this pattern. Now, in this follow-up, I'd like to spend a little time talking about …
2018
Happy New Year from the frigid coast of Connecticut! It is officially -3° F (-19° C) at 9 am, with a windchill of -15° (-26° C). I'd say this would be a typical February day in central New Hampshire, where I lived for a time, but here on the coast on the first of the year? It's rather unusual. Ok, …
Happy Holidays!
Very Happy Holidays from our knitting family to yours! …