Swatches Are Lying Bastards

They may look innocent, but do not believe their lies. I don’t swatch as much as I should. I know this. Most of what I knit is lace, where you don’t really need to swatch unless you’re worried about running out of yarn. I swatch for socks, but knitting a whole 4-inch swatch always seems [...]

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Lady Green

I’ve finished my Lady Grey Lace Shrug, and it is awesome. It’s everything I ever wanted in a fingering-weight shrug: a pretty lace pattern that’s not too difficult to work, 3/4 length belled sleeves with a fancy lace cuff, and a perfect match for the Alchemy Juniper yarn that’s been languishing in my stash basket [...]

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Guys, I Totally Made Yarn

Look at this yarn that I totally made! It totally looks like yarn and not like deranged clown dreadlocks (unlike my first few attempts at spinning). I am so excited! It’s a fingering weight that I have named “Brickhouse” because the color is much more like brick red in real life than like the sort [...]

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New & Improved

I took my Aestlight shawl off the blocking wires on Monday of last week, which you may remember as “The Hottest Day In The Recorded History Of Los Angeles, No Really Check It Out,” a day when I was not going to venture outside of my apartment for love or money, and certainly not in [...]

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