I will never get tired of wearing stripes. Anytime I can incorporate stripes into my handmade wardrobe, I will go for it. The Lyon Sweater by PetiteKnit looks like a standard striped sweater at first glance, but there are quite a few details that elevates this pattern. The upper torso shaping on this sweater is very interesting. I had never knit this type of shoulder construction before and it will not be my last, the fit is just perfect. I… Read more »

About halfway through this past year, I realized that I had knit 6 sweaters during the 6 previous months. Shocking, I know! As most of my knitting friends are aware, I am not the fastest knitter. In fact, I’m pretty slow — preferring to savour the process rather than churn out finished products. With six sweaters under my knitting belt, I thought it would be crazy to see if I could knit another half a dozen garments before the end… Read more »

I’ve got a new sweater on the needles. This one is called “Wayfarer” by Kiwi designer Libby Jonson. This one has some lovely fitting details which makes for interesting knitting in my books. Wayfarer has a cable panel running down the front and there are instructions and a design chart explaining clearly how things are supposed to be knit. Did I look (glance) at the chart? Yes. Did I read the instructions? Nope! I was progressing nicely down my sweater… Read more »

The Salty Air Tee is another summer knit and was it ever fun to knit! This cute little number has a gorgeous lace yoke and a cropped length (well, cropped for me and shortish according to my teenage daughter). It makes for a lovely, light summer tee. I had a limited quantity of a sock yarn from Hedgehog Fibres that I wanted to use up. I wondered if I could squeeze in a summer top or modify an existing design… Read more »

My third Ankers Sommerbluse (Ankers Summer Shirt) by PetiteKnit is finished and it has been a lovely top to wear this summer. While my handknitted wardrobe primarily consists of wool and wool blends, I like having a few summertime knits that are in rotation during the warmer months. I have been slowly adding summer pieces by knitting one or two warm weather friendly garments each year. #nevernotknitting 😀 I pretty much knit this shirt exactly like I did my second… Read more »

Summer is almost at an end and what a crazy, fantastical, different summer it has been! There were unbearable bits when British Columbia went through a heatwave like never before. A “heat dome” covered most of Western Canada causing loss of human and marine life and catastrophic forest fires. It was unbelievable that we went through something like this, in Canada of all places! 49+ degrees Celcius in BC – say what!! Our pup didn’t veer too far off his… Read more »

I’ve wanted to knit the Anker’s Summer Shirt ever since Mette of PetiteKnit released this design. There are so many versions of this tee popping up on Instagram and Ravelry and I knew that I had to make one for myself. For my first Anker’s (yes, there is a second one), I used Sandnes Garn Duo which is a blend of merino wool and cotton. I knit this in the “Pudder” colourway #3522. This is my first time using Duo… Read more »

When a maker is asked by a family member for a specific handmade item, they put everything down and fulfill that desire, stat! My son requested me to knit him a black beanie. He showed me a picture of a fisherman’s rib beanie that he had found online. He also had some “specific” requests – it couldn’t be slouchy, it needed to be quite short so that it didn’t completely cover his ears, he wanted a wide-ish brim so he… Read more »