Monthly Archives: November 2011
Chilly Podsters
[Note from the future: The most current pattern file version is as of February 28/2012. Please feel free to re-download as needed! Enjoy!] Knitters, I promised you a free pattern this month, and since I am alarmed to discover that … Continue reading
Filed under accessories, design, free pattern
From the field
Last Saturday I grabbed some knitting friends for some knitting photography over in Toronto. It was tres fun. I put a couple of upcoming designs on Emily (you’ll see ‘em in the new year, I’m already impatient) who willingly modelled, … Continue reading
Filed under photography, real life miscellaney
Edgewater Cardigan
I can’t tell you how happy I am that it is finally cold enough to not only wear hand-knits, but to enjoy wearing hand-knits. I admit I am not at all the sort of person who rejoices over +17C temperatures … Continue reading
Filed under cables, design, finished object: sweater, sweaters
Letters
Dear Chapters-Indigo John and Richmond location It’s really sort of cute that this is all the number of chairs you thought we would need for a book signing for something written about knitting. But since the fact that more than … Continue reading
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Postcards from the Stash
My name is Glenna, and I have a yarn stash. It’s of a reasonable size – the sort of size one might expect from a knitter who has been actively stashing yarn probably since she made her very first novelty … Continue reading
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Looping along
A couple of folks asked last week about the possibility of a wee blog tutorial on Magic Loop, since it’s a technique I mention every so often and one that I use happily. So I thought, heck, that’s something I … Continue reading
Filed under demo, fearless knitting, teaching, tutorial
Gateway
[ETA]: Gateway is now available on both Patternfish and in my Ravelry store! This past summer I travelled to San Francisco for several days following Sock Summit – you know, since I was already on the west coast and all. … Continue reading
Filed under accessories, design, finished object: accessories
Embarking on knitting adventures
This blog posting comes to you from chilly Edmonton, where I am here this week with family for my grandfather’s memorial and assorted sorting and family time. I’m snatching bits of internet time when I can, though, and am hoping … Continue reading
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A warm finish
Yesterday morning, as I was sitting down to finish the final mitten top on my Podster mitts, it became rapidly and sinkingly clear that I was not going to have enough yarn left to finish. I was going to have … Continue reading
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November thoughts
Thank you all so much for your comments on Monday’s blog giveaway post! It is wonderful to read your stories of knitting on the go. And I think it says a lot about knitters that so many of us are … Continue reading
Filed under accessories, sweaters
