Before James was born (and he’s nearly two now!), I would get up in the morning, make tea, and sit in my living room rocking chair, drinking my tea and knitting for a while before the day began officially. I returned to the chair in the evenings and knit for at least another half-hour before [...]
Archives for Finished Objects
Still Not Knitting . . .
. . . but at least the baby is making the most of his knitwear. See?
Finished Object: Not-So-Derivative Top
This top was a long, long time in the making. You may not recognize it, because it used to be orange. I won’t revisit the entire tale of its genesis, since it is already well-documented, and my memory is pretty fuzzy at any rate. The short version is that this garment started out as a [...]
A Christmas Gift
Though I haven’t knit a stitch since James was born, I do have something to share with all my blog friends this Christmas — a finished pattern for the Carseat Blanket, offered free for your knitting pleasure. You can access it via this link or through the Designs link in the sidebar. It’s offered as [...]
Hoping the Baby Is Not Allergic to Wool
After I finished the February Lady Sweater, I got it into my head that it would be fun to knit a baby hat. So I pulled out a bag of miscellaneous partial balls of DK-weight superwash wool and got to work. Next thing I knew, the bag of leftover yarn was empty, and I had [...]
Finished Object: February Lady Sweater
Pattern: February Lady Sweater (an adaptation by Pamela Wynne of Elizabeth Zimmerman’s February Baby Sweater) Size: 37″ bust, 16″ length and 13″ sleeves to armhole, about 9″ raglan seam Yarn: Brown Sheep Nature Spun Worsted (100 percent wool; 245 yds per 100 g skein), color 133 (blue fog) Yardage: About 800 yards (3.25 skeins) Source: [...]
Sheldon’s First Halloween
Remember back when I told you that I was working on a Secret Design Project, and I hinted that it had something to do with this picture? Rather disturbing piglike creature I can finally tell you what I was going on about. Way back in the spring, I was commissioned by Knit Picks to develop [...]
Finished Object: Stripey Prepster Sweater
Presenting the Stripey Prepster Sweater! Aren’t the sleeves sweet? I love how the stripes up and change direction at the raglan seam Pattern: Basic top-down V-neck raglan sweater, à la Barbara Walker’s Knitting from the Top Size: Maybe 9-12 mo.? 21″ chest, 6″ length to underarm, 4.5″ sleeves to underarm, 3.5″ V-neck depth Yarn: Harrisville [...]
Moving On Up
Welcome to the new Ruthless Knitting! If all went as planned, it looks almost exactly like the old Ruthless Knitting, but at a new web address. This may be exciting only to me, but I’ll take it. Okay, on to the good stuff. I have finished a baby kimono, and lo, it is cute. (Apologies [...]
Still Going
Despite the fact that I seem to be posting a good deal less frequently than I would like, I hasten to assure you that I am still knitting. My productivity has slowed, to be sure, but then everything in the land of knit blogging seems to have slowed down of late. Though I’m not one [...]