Category: everyday

  • random friday

    Ripped – this was a great sweater idea but just not working in this iteration. It’ll come back around.

    rip

    WIP – these socks have been on the needles forever. Just finished one with a tiny bit of yarn to spare, started the second right away. Good knitting to keep in my purse.

    made it!

    WIP – Sheepcote is coming along. Both sleeves done, and a few inches of the body. Part of the reason I’m working on it a bit slowly is because I know I don’t have enough yarn and I need to order some! (Manos Silk Blend in Juniper.)

    sheepcote

  • spring cleaning: wip or rip?

    oh march

    Well, it’s supposedly spring, but here in Toronto that still means snow! I know lots of people are tired of winter, but I love it – I like wearing layers and wool and cozying up under lots of covers, and eating lots of hot soup and stew. It’s not that unusual for it to flurry into April (though those ones are really just for looks, they never stick around) so I’ve still got some cool weather ahead.

    I do like the longer daylight hours though, and there’s a bit of that changing of the seasons in the air, which leads me to spring cleaning! I was looking through my stash the other day for something in particular, and found the Pile Of Stalled Knits. Everyone has one, right? Things that just aren’t going the right way, or are just boring. Sometimes you just have to be in the right mood to deal with them. Today – the laceweight edition!

    pretty, but...

    This one is really pretty – it’s Blue Moon Laci. Alas, it’s also a laceweight sweater that I started maybe 4-5 years ago! I knit a fair amount but it just stalled out. I’ll definitely revisit the idea though. I’d love to knit this yarn up into something else, maybe a lacy shawl or shrug.

    ripped.

    black laceweight cardigan?

    Black laceweight sweater? Yikes. This one didn’t get very far. Maybe I’ll try again though, with the yarn doubled, and from the top down. Ripped!

    More WIP/RIP to come!

  • random monday

    Feb 1 - coconut cream pie

    I made a delicious coconut cream pie a couple weekends ago – it was a big hit! I used a can of coconut milk in place of the whole milk in the filling. It kind of turned a bit grey when I was cooking it, but whatever. It was soooo good.

    February 5 - plying

    Finished plying up a pound of merino/seacell blend that I’d been working on for AGES! It’s a 2-ply and maybe about 1800 yards. I have no idea what I’m going to do with it, but it is quite soft and pretty. Maybe I’ll have it dyed.

    February 11 - take two

    Working on a new sample of an older pattern that I completely wrote up but never released. This one is in Zen Yarn Garden superwash worsted, in Moon Purple. I haven’t had a purple sweater in ages so it’s going to be great!

    February 10 - digging out

    Digging out this weekend. We didn’t get as much as in the US, but still the biggest snowstorm in a few winters – we got 30cm (12″). It was a good excuse to hunker down with slow cooker stew, Boardwalk Empire, and a new jigsaw puzzle.

    February 4

    My next sweater pattern release! I can’t wait to share it with you.