beret
beret Originally uploaded by katcoyle.
Here we are at year’s end. New Year’s and Easter are my favorite holidays. Something about endings and being reborn makes me woozy with hope. A new hat for the New Year, pattern here.
gift knitting
I managed to knit a few simple items for gifts. The yarn for this scarf came from the swatch for Sweet Rose in the most recent Knitscene magazine. It is a beautiful cashmere. My swatches are generally huge so I figured I could make a scarf from the unraveled bits. Actually, another bowtie scarf was [...]
stranded
I just finished a big (lace) project and have yet to finish another huge (book) project. So, of course I’m staring at my computer daydreaming and eating cake. *sigh*. I found a great link for stranded knitting. Peace!
hey strand-a-longers
amazing post at habetrot about a massive amount of mitten knitting…
Rosy Tams
rosy tams Originally uploaded by katcoyle.
I bought this book, Knitted Tams by Mary Rowe, earlier this year from Interweave Press; but have yet to put it to good use. It is full of thorough directions on designing your own stranded colorwork tams, something I have longed to do for years but never got around to [...]