Patterns for Adorable and Distinctive Toys
The Moira Hat, obligingly modeled by William Shakesbear. I spent last week knitting up models for three more forthcoming hat patterns: the Cable Triplets hat, the Moira and the Deirdre. As you can see, I am giving my hats Irish names and a slouch prof ...
Shakesbear models the Eileen slouch hat. I need to get an actual human to model my finished hat patterns. In the meantime, here is William Shakesbear wearing the finished slouch hat from last week. Side view showing the zig zag lace pattern I'm ...
William Shakesbear models the slouch hat in progress. This version turned out to be too big for me, too. My latest trial piece for a pattern has retaught me the wisdom of doing your gauge swatch on the exact needles you will be using. That zig-zag lac ...
The Bean family homestead - setting for "The Sugar Witch" "The Sugar Witch" by Nathan Sanders, the second show of the season for The Suffield Players, opens tonight. It's a Southern gothic drama, set in the Florida swamps and focusing on the Bean fami ...
Fun with test swatches. One cable pattern, two colors, three needle sizes. The orange yarn marks where I changed needles. The switch from orchid to blue marks where I ran out of my leftover orchid yarn and had to pull out another color. Just because I h ...
Test of my first idea for a cabled slouch hat. I deemed this one NOT A SUCCESS. The free Cratchit Cable Braid gloves were a big hit, so I have decided to see how an accessory pattern or two would do if I offered them for sale. First up is going to be ...
Happy Jurassic winter holidays! The Dinos in Santa Hats holiday sweater is almost finished. Here's the update. I managed to get the front of the sweater and the top two dinosaurs on the back finished in time for Black Friday. Here's the front o ...
Lots and lots of tiny pattern pieces, and I still have to cut out their Santa hats. When my part-time retail gig put up the "Black Friday Ugly Holiday Sweater Contest" sign by the time clock, I realized three things: I refuse to pay money (even i ...
Both pairs of Canada Socks are now finished and ready for winter wearing. I've been fighting off a nasty cold for the last two weeks, which is why we've been absent of blog posts, but here's what I've managed to knit during that time. Whisper Lace ...
Bob Cratchit was never this colorful. I was standing around outside the other day and realized that it was time to make some Bob Cratchit style gloves - the ones with the ends of the fingers bare. So pulled a skein of Patons' Kroy Socks FX (in clover ...