Goodness, where has this week gone? That's what happens when you have a cold. Suddenly it's Friday and you feel like you haven't accomplished anything.Since I haven't had the time to write up a blog post, you'll have to make do with another outfit post. Last weekend we went to the International Expo of Sculptural and Functional Art and Intuit Show of Folk and Outsider Art. My tastes definitely lean to the latter.This was ... Read more »
Knitting
An autumn day outfit
I haven't done a real outfit post in awhile!Yes, that's my Halloween beret. While I had my jacket on for most of the pictures in that post, these photos were taken the same day, just sans jacket and scarf. Cheeky, no?This is what I was wearing for the outer portion of the outfit. I'm mainly showing you because I love this doorway. Isn't it amazing? I feel it looks like it's out Europe! It's down the block from our ... Read more »
VKC: Getting started with stranded (fair isle) knitting
This post is the first official lesson in the Vintage Knitting College! I'm starting off with a series of posts for Colorwork: 101. Bestway #82 pattern As you know, you'll be following along with a pullover I'll be knitting from a 1940s pattern, Bestway #82. It's available as a .pdf from the Vintage Knitting Lady here, and available for your Ravelry queue here. But since my goal for the VKC is to ... Read more »
Kickoff tomorrow! Vintage Knitting College Colorwork: 101
I'm pleased to finally announce that tomorrow will kickoff my Vintage Knitting College series, with the first post in Colorwork: 101! I'll be talking about the very basics of stranded knitting over a few posts. Tomorrow we'll start off with how to carry your yarn and how to keep your balls of yarn tidy and your yarn tangle-free. Then in the next few posts after that I'll talk about keeping even tension while stranding and ... Read more »
A very spoooooky Halloween
Happy Halloween, everyone!Guess what spooooky project I've been keeping under my hat? Well okay, not under my hat. It is my hat! And surely a spooky bit of knitting will help strike the fear of Halloween into you!There are creepy black bats, flying across an orange background... Skeletons with ghoulish red eyeballs...Gross green worms inching along on a purple background...And, well, I think those are supposed to be ... Read more »
Best laid knitting plans…
I'm sorry to those of you waiting for my kickoff post for the Vintage Knitting College! Sometimes the best laid plans go awry, which has been the case for me. I wanted to use my new video camera that I bought, however once I finally had time to sit down and play with it, I realized it won't do close up without being blurry. Of course, I realized this after the return policy expired. I'm trying to figure out if I can ... Read more »