This has been a lonnnnnnnggggg time coming. I started work on this design in mid-December (I actually sketched it out in my idea book months before) and I FINALLY published the finished design for Glenfinnan in mid-March! There were some moments when I thought this design would never come to …
Patterns
Purple Eldfell
We've had a tough couple of weeks around here. Nonstop viruses and upper respiratory infections, tons of (non-knitting) deadlines, the dreaded TAX SEASON, and general mayhem have all contributed to me falling behind on this blog. However, I have been working very hard on my actual knitting, and I am …
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 …
Vesterland
At the same time that Knit Picks put out a call for submissions for their Encircled collection of yoke sweaters, they also put out a second call for smaller stranded knitting designs. What possessed me to send in designs for both, is beyond me, but I knew I could crank out a hat design fairly …