My Soay Cardi c’est fini! This was my entry to MadMay2012 (Madelinetosh Madness). I used Tosh Pashmina, my first time knitting with this yarn and it is pure buttah!! I wanted to use this yarn for a totally different pattern, but as it sat in my yarn bin, my pattern choice changed many times. I’m glad I finally chose this design because I could customize it. I love that it is feminine with the bits of lace and the silk content… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Stashbusting
A Postcard
Spring blossoms are so fleeting each year and right now the blooms are long gone. Well almost…. A few of us signed up for a knitted postcard swap on the Amiras Group and this is the postcard I created for my partner. I knit the background using different bits of yarn I had leftover from other projects and then embroidered the cherry blossoms and other flowers with french knots using embroidery floss. I had to rely on YouTube to refresh… Read more »
Snow, Yeah!
As promised, we got our winter wonderland 🙂 The cuteness!! Despite explaining to Prithvi that 2 cm of snow doesn’t count for the school distric calling it a “snow day”, he was up really, really early this morning watching the local news to see if his wish would come true. Nope, no snow day today! Snow makes everything so magical and yesterday’s sunset can bear witness to that fact. The first thing Kiki asked me this morning was if we had any… Read more »
Kobalt
I finished a test knit for a friend this week and it was just the perfect amount of knitting instant gratification. More details about the pattern coming once it is published including my slap-forehead moment when I ran out of yarn. I took advantage of the fact that my “recruit” was ready to strike-a-pose today 🙂 Additional pictures and yarn/pattern deets soon.
Golden Circle
Mmmmalabrigo, Mmmmalabrigo! That’s what I keep thinking over and over again when I’m knitting this squishy thing. Nope, this is not a sock on the needles :: I haven’t gotten back on the sock train (yet). It’s another hat, a beanie this time. The highly addictive stitch pattern makes me want to knit just one more round and then one more! Fortunately, my fidgety model with the strange eyes does not tolerate hats for more than 20 seconds. So, this one’s for moi… you know, for… Read more »
Resisting Ooh Shiny!
I don’t know about you, but the longer I have yarn languishing in my stash, the less likely I am to be excited to knit with it! I recently found a pattern for a little girl’s sweater on Ravelry which I thought would be the perfect layering piece for Kiki. The pattern I’m talking about is Cinnamon from the uber talented knitwear designer, Elena Nodel. I loved the chic-ness of it and thought about how gorgeous it would look knit it in… Read more »
Drifting
My dear friend, Jocelyn, dyed me some special fingering weight yarn last year. Her Etsy Shop, Dubai Knits, is always stocked with fantastic yarns in such pretty colorways. I’ve been saving that yarn for something special and when Cecily published her adorable Breezy Blues pattern collection, I was all over it. I cast on immediately for Drifting using my special Dubai Knits yarn. This yarn is super lovely, with excellent stitch definition and just the right amount of loft. It blocks out… Read more »
Offset Wraplan
I needed a quick handknit gift for a friend’s baby. Some Rowan Wool Cotton has been burning a hole in my stash for years and years. I remember buying this when everyone was ga-ga over all things Rowan. I mean, Rowan is still pretty good, but there is so much more to choose from (um, handpainted yarn… be still my beating heart!) I thought that this blend of wool and cotton would work well for this time of year as well as… Read more »
Jaali
Thank you so much for all the Alouette love, I really appreciate everyone’s comments and will be working on writing up the pattern soon. A while ago, I was asked to test knit a shawl by Shweta of the Yarnside blog. I hadn’t knit a shawl in ages at that point, but I’m a sucker for lace knitting and delightedly jumped at the offer. I knew that I wanted to use my leftover Sundara Sock Yarn from this project for this… Read more »
Eye Candy
Stash! Every knitter has a bit of yarn or boat loads of it. Some knitters cram this stash into the deepest recess of their closets while others prefer to proudly display their piles-o-yarn for inspiration or…decor! My stash is what I call, um…moderate 😉 and I try to keep it stuffed into the two large-ish bins in my closet. Any overflow and I go into a state of panic. You know the feeling… “Oh no, I spent all my money… Read more »
