We’ve just had the hottest day of the year (so far) pass us by. However, today is murky and wet… April showers bring spring flowers and all that jazz, so I’m okay! That hot day just screamed road trip so we decided that it would be the best day to make the short drive south into Washington state and visit the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. Only thing is that every Pacific Northwesterner had the same idea as us, hah! We… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Finished Knits
Spring Bunny
Time to put away the warm woolies and dig out the gardening tools, spring is here! I’ve made several trips to the garden center this past week. It’s time to brighten things up and usher in some color! Spring is indoors too with this cute knitted bunny that I recently finished. It took me a whole day of seaming and stuffing all of the little bunny pieces. I should have followed the instructions and stuffed and seamed as I went… Read more »
Fragile Heart
Thank you so much to everyone who emailed me and commented about my new site! I really appreciate your encouragement ❤ I talked about knitting a lace shawl with beads a little while ago. This shawl had a deadline since I wanted to wear it to my cousin’s wedding in December. I wanted something pretty and warm at the same time to wear so that I wouldn’t become a frozen ice cube in the winter chill. Everything went well even though… Read more »
A Hat For A Knitter
My mom has this really lovely friend, Jane. She is always so well put together. Imagine a taller, Audrey Hepburn, that’s Jane. Although, she’s lived in Canada most of her adult life, she is still very British. That accent… love it!!! Her sense of humor is charmingly tongue-in-cheek too. An exceptional woman! Jane is a knitter. I found this out when she saw my son’s modified Rikke hat that I knit him a while ago and she could just “read… Read more »
Vitamin D
Start date on my Vitamin D cardigan was October of last year!!! Finally, this project is off the needles… huge sigh of relief! I’m sort of on the fence about this one 🙁 I don’t know if I would feel differently if I had lengthened the body so that the “drapey bits” in front draped better. That said, a whole sweater in this yarn, Tosh Merino Light, is absolutely amazing. It is light and squishy and the color, even after a good soak,… Read more »
Dottie
Meet Dottie, my bunny. Don’t you think she’s just pinch-those-cheeks cute! Yeah, once I knitted that dress, I knew her name had to be Dottie. Stripey tights and shoes with little french knots “snaps” that go on the side Love! So, there is a bit of finishing involved. This bunny is knit in pieces and stuffed and seamed and joined together in increments. However, this means that you can really shape the bunny’s face and tummy to look quite bunny-like…. Read more »
Elia
The latest sweater to come off my needles is Elia. This cabled pullover is designed by Julia Trice (MindOfWinter) and she kindly asked me to review this pattern for her. After a couple false starts with yarn choices, I found myself reaching out to one of my favorites – Tosh Vintage – to knit this sweater. A great choice since the cabled work really pops with the well rounded yarn and of course, you can’t go wrong with madtosh colors!… Read more »
Business Casual
The socks I was knitting for my son’s ginormous feet are done! Happy dance!! He said that they fit perfectly and are super soft and hinted that he would like another pair. Um… maybe after I knit a few sweaters first 😉 I knit these socks as a part of the knit-along hosted by Kelly of CelticCastOn. There have been so many lovely finished pairs of Business Casuals that have been popping up on the knit-along thread. This pattern was… Read more »
Renfrew
I know, I know… hat-wearing days are almost zero now that it’s warming up, but I wanted to squeeze this post in because I really want to gush about this pattern. I picked up Jane Richmond’s book Island, at Knit City and so far I’ve knit two patterns out of 5 in the book! That’s saying a lot! I love Jane’s pattern writing style and her designs are 100% wearable. They don’t just get stashed in my shelf of handknits never… Read more »
Baby Red
I almost forgot to share finished pictures of this project. I knit a little baby sweater for another soon-to-arrive bebe using the Baby Sophisticate pattern and Malabrigo (swoon!) yarn. My favorite part about this pattern was the little shawl collar, definitely the “Sophisticate” part of this sweater! I added the different colored buttons for a bit of whimsy and fun. This pattern was such a quick knit and I’m definitely going to be knitting it again. I went up a… Read more »
