Tag: knitting

  • Queen Anne’s Lace Gloves: Gloves for a Lady of Leisure

    Is it just me or does winter sewing seem to take longer than summer sewing? Maybe it’s all those thick fabrics, linings, and long sleeves. I do have a few things I’ve recently sewn that I want to write about soon, but I don’t seem to have pictures of them yet. In the meantime, my…

  • Bordeaux Sweater: A Wardrobe Basic

    Yes, I know. This outfit looks awfully similar to my last post. The only difference is the sweater, so that’s the part I’m wanting to talk about today. This is the Bordeaux Pullover from Valley Yarns. I knitted it from the yarn it was designed for, Colrain Lace. It’s a merino/Tencel 50/50 blend. It’s warm,…

  • Sewing + Knitting: 2014 Outfit Along

    When Lauren and Andi announced the 2014 outfit along, I was so in. I loved the Myrna pattern, so I downloaded it that day. I got online promptly and ordered some yarn (there’s no yarn shops in my town). I was just sure that it was going to take me the entire time to make…

  • Knits for Guinevere

    While I’m waiting for the skirt of the dress I’m making for The Monthly Stitch to finish hanging so I can hem it, I thought I’d post a couple more of my finished knitting projects. This one is the January Baby Cardigan which is available as a Ravelry download. I love the look of the mock-cables…

  • Guston Sweater Revisited: As Much Like a Cheeto As Possible.

    I’m going to interrupt Aunty Laura’s saga of dress refashioning and change the subject entirely. To knitting, in fact. Last year I asked Pete what color sweater he wanted, and part of the description he gave me of the “burnt orange” he had in mind is that it “wouldn’t make him look like a Cheeto.”…

  • Quick Knit Project: Taylor Shrug

    This is a quick knitting post for a quick-knit project*. The Taylor Shrug, specifically. Once I got the concept of what the thing I was making was supposed to look like, it was a very easy knit. The directions are minimal, which is not necessarily a bad thing, since much of the directions that are…

  • Tiny Boy Clothes

    I had the recent opportunity to try out two of the other Peek-a-Boo Patterns I recently acquired. I’m still really loving this pattern line. This time I used the Classic Chinos pattern and the Classic Polo pattern (both in size 6 months) to make up an outfit for our other friends who are expecting a baby this…

  • Simplicity 8488: Triple the Nightgowns (and a Minion Hat on the Side)

    I’m going to start this off with a relatively quick knitting project I recently finished. The “Minion Hat” for Ace. His most favorite of favorite movies is Despicable Me, so when he found out that there were instructions out there for a hat, he commenced asking me about making him one…and repeated his questioning liberally…