A tacfile element: Dissent in Gotland
I made some progress on Dissent in Gotland. Love this pattern. I’m ignoring the puckering I’m getting. it’s because I’m trying to learn to improve my tension. Hoping it sorts out in blocking. I found...
View ArticleLeftie finished!
My Leftie is complete! Maybe this wasn’t an ideal beginner pattern, but I did learn loads! Short rows – with Carol Feller – great tutorial on Craftsy (free!) Weaving ends in garter (youtube) – with...
View ArticleFInished: Dissent shawl by Lisa Mutch in Gotland
I finished this shawl. The wool fluffed up so much, it’s lovely. Pattern: Dissent by Lisa Mutch. Wool: Gotland 4ply by Blacker Yarns I wrote about the start of this project earlier. I had seen a Colour...
View ArticleLiebster Award is a blogging welcome wagon
This is fun! I was nominated by Kaiya from Winter Lime Knits for a Liebster award. I had never heard of it before, but it’s a cool meme to help people discover new blogs. I did a little googling and...
View ArticleLightfrost shawl in all Fyberspates yarn
This pattern, Lightfrost by Louise Zass-Bangham, alternates silky stripes with translucent stripes. My recent attempts at other knitting projects reminded me I’m still very much a beginner. So I...
View ArticleTips for anyone embarking on YarnKonMari
I started writing what was going to be one blog post and I decided to write it all out. So this is part 3, wherein I warn the gentle reader if they are about to start on their YarnKonMari project. You...
View ArticleWhy I turned off my IFTTT recipe for auto-posting Instagram to Twitter
Isn’t it annoying that Twitter will show “cards” including a summary and image in your twitter feed when you post most links, but it won’t show images from Instagram links? When you share via Instagram...
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