The Kinari cardigan has reached a tough stage. Progress seems slow, the sweater is all scrunched up on the needles, and I’m having periods of doubt about some of my decisions. Will it be too wide at the bottom? I don’t own anything swingy, maybe for good reason. Will the bright white of the buttons [...]
Archives for February 2008
Envelope, Please
I printed out slips for each person who expressed an interest in the leftover Tokyo and Jaggerspun yarn this morning, put them in David’s Halfdome hat, and mixed them around. David got to choose the winning slip. And the winner is . . . Nicole’s comment read, "I’d love a chance to win the yarn [...]
Kinari Introduction
I’m someone who can’t manage to keep a white shirt long without staining it. Come to think of it, I don’t actually own a white T-shirt (long- or short-sleeved) at present, probably for this very reason. Thus, the fact that I’m designing an all-white wool cardigan should be understood as an indication that my practical [...]
Free Pattern: Tokyo
I got the Tokyo pattern written up over the weekend, so I offer it to you for your knitting pleasure. You can do a direct PDF download (2.4 MB) via this link or visit the Designs page at your leisure and follow the link there. Or, if you’re a Ravelry user, you can download [...]
Finished Object: Bird in Hand Mittens
Pattern: Bird in Hand by Kate Gilbert Size: 7" in diameter and 10" long Yarn: Jaeger Matchmaker Merino DK (100 percent merino wool; 130 yds per 50 g skein), shades 865 and 790 Yardage: About 160 yds turquoise and 90 yds beige Source: Monterey Yarn, Green Bay, WI Needles: US 2 (2.75 mm) Knit Picks [...]
Blushing
Thank you for the many kind comments on my Tokyo top! I don’t think I’ve ever had so many comments before. I told my mother that I thought some of you were motivated to comment not only by the fact that you liked the top but also by your surprise that you liked it. It [...]
Finished Object: Tokyo Top
Pattern: My own Size: 32″ bust, 13″ to underarm on body, 5" sleeve length, 7" sleeve opening Yarn: Interlacements Tokyo (50 percent merino wool, 50 percent silk; 500 yds per 100 g skein), color Taiga; Jaggerspun Zephyr Wool-Silk 2-18 Lace Weight (50 percent Chinese tussah silk, 50 percent fine merino wool; 630 yds per 2 [...]
Dinner Blogging: A New Frontier
I wrote a long post earlier that I lost by accident. Then I went downstairs to run on the treadmill only to discover that the DVD of Heroes I just got from Netflix is the exact same DVD of Heroes that I finished watching and returned last week. Feeling a little cursed, I decided to take [...]
Tongue and Groove
In honor of today’s third annual bloggers’ silent poetry reading, here is a poem by my very talented friend Chuck Rybak. It is drawn from his collection Tongue and Groove, which is currently available from Main Street Rag Publishing Company. "Tongue and Groove" I The hardwood floor, laid yesterday and fit for sanding, waits to [...]