Monthly Archives: June 2011
On not being a beginner anymore
Every so often I have occasion or just the random presence of mind to consider the whole idea of “skill levels” in knitting. I have actually started to sort of actively resist using categories like that when talking about patterns … Continue reading
Filed under fearless knitting
Knit or perish
Yesterday I had a leisurely afternoon in the city and went by the Purple Purl for a spot of knitting and a latte, and ended up knitting in the midst of a stop in the City Chase event. (Essentially a … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Skipping the markers
It’s been a week of good knitting progress so far, and although attention to the Peacock Feathers shawl isn’t quite as far along as I’d like it to be (errr, only 5 weeks away until Sock Summit deadline, HEH), but … Continue reading
Filed under lace
Summer logic
I think if one so happens to be sitting down to knit with a shiny, pink, girly-ish sort of skein of yarn, then one should definitely also have a pink, girly-ish sort of drink to go with it. I mean, … Continue reading
Stop the madness
There will come a day, hopefully one day very soon, when I am not stubbornly transfixed by selecting colour combinations of Knit Picks Palette for potential colour-work designing. I am very sorry to announce that so far, today is not … Continue reading
Filed under colour-work, design
Well, it’s speedier, at least
I’ve been doing a bit of swatching this week, toying with some design ideas and playing around with colours and options. Which is also a sort of professional-looking way of saying “I’m sitting in an indecisive mess of yarn,” but … Continue reading
Because summer said so
So, I’m through Charts 1 and 1a of the Peacock Feathers shawl. That’s…almost like being halfway done, right? Well okay, possibly not. I’m not going to lie – I want this shawl. I’ve had the materials all ready to go … Continue reading
