Posted in Musings on December 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We are still celebrating Christmas here and am trying to enjoy the season as much as possible. A family medical emergency made it difficult to really celebrate much this year but things have calmed down and we enjoyed a little day of treats and shopping after Christmas and this little Angel was there waiting for [...]
Posted in Norwegian Patterns on December 30, 2007 | 5 Comments »
This post is especially for Suzi in Germany for sprinkling my world with so many well wishes to bring in the New Year! Teenage son and I took long trek to La Jolla for some Felted Tweed to make the vest below and plopped ourselves down for a cup of hot cocoa after four hours [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Fair Isle Patterns on December 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Look what arrived in the mail today! Traditional Knitting from the Scottish and Irish Isles by Debbie Bliss. Santa placed an order for this way back on December 6th and it finally arrived! I first read about this book at Wendy’s Knits and had it on my wish list at Amazon for over a year. [...]
Posted in Fair Isle Patterns on December 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Eunny’s Ivy League Vest gave me the perfect excuse to give this New England Shetland wool a try. I had been wanting to see if there was another alternative to Jamieson’s of Shetland and Jamieson and Smith. It really bothered me that both yarns would have sections that would thin out. This yarn doesn’t have [...]
Posted in On the Needles on December 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This little confection was to be my little treat for the day on Christmas in between baking sugar cookies and cupcakes with pink icing. The yarn never arrived in time so I improvised and made another hat instead. At first I tried to duplicate the plaid but I hadn’t realized I needed double rows of [...]
Posted in Inspiration on December 26, 2007 | No Comments »
To keep you inspired over the holidays, here are a few Christmas craft discoveries I found this year that were my favorites:
Roses for Christmas (Beata, I know you’ll love this one!)
Sugarplum Pullover by Mari.
Meg’s Stocking for Eli
11th Hour Christmas Stockings by MaryJane
Christmas Market Goodness from Leena in Finland
Monterey Christmas Stocking by Knitting Musician
Fair Isle [...]
Posted in Fair Isle Patterns on December 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’m still laughing from the cute little post at Moth Heaven and am wondering if I’ll ever become a stash-a-holic with yarn poop coming out of the back of my car! Mostly my stash is filled with misguided efforts from not knowing any better and hoping that my mistakes will be used up as mittens [...]
Posted in Fair Isle Patterns on December 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Another Debbie Bliss Fair Isle “swirly goodness” to borrow from Pink Berry, I haven’t had this much fun with pink since I was a little girl. Thank you Beata for all your inspiration! Same pattern as below, but this time I took Mary Jane’s advice and left my peerie fix between the snowflakes out and [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on December 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Is everybody almost finished with their Christmas shopping? One more day of work left and I’ll be so happy to have the long holiday week-end! Another stress induced lunch trip to my local bookstore led to a discovery that brought the spirit of Christmas back into my heart, this beautiful collection of classic sweater patterns including [...]
Posted in Fair Isle Patterns on December 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’m curious as to what images are envoked for you when you first take a look at the colors in this hat? I feel as if it would look right at home in a different place and era, circa 1950’s, with a matching ski sweater and bright red scarf (in my dreams). My hands are [...]
