Misconception
I have...I have some distressing news. I had a fairly fundamental misconception about sea urchin anatomy. Turns out the mouth is on the bottom, not the top. Which means pretty much every picture you ever see of of a sea urchin shell is actually a picture of sea urchin nethers. We're just going to write this off as one of the risks of a wildly different body plan and move on with our day. But since I learned this, now you have to too!
Turned hem
I have come to really really love turned hems on hats. They do the same 'keep it extra cozy on the ears' thing that a folded brim does, but without having to constantly fuss with where the fold is and wonder if it's straight and wonder if it's slipping down and refold it when you yank it out of a pocket. How about you, have you tried a turned hem? Do you like them? Do you want to try them? Are you suddenly feeling like you want to sneak hidden messages (or at least other colors) inside the next one [...]
Restraint
I mean, you didn't think I wandered out of the Fiber Witch Festival with just two piles of yarn did you? That...that would be an unheard-of level of restraint. And really, Seven Sisters Arts is how I heard about the festival in the first place, so clearly I had a moral obligation to go say hi. Those two middle skeins are her Zodiac base in Frankincense and Oak Moss (and they will be joining the dedicated Seven Sisters Arts bin in the stash, because my god I swear I have more of her yarn than anyone else's). The speckle-y goodness [...]
Delineated
Delineated is here, and you can find it on both ravelry and payhip. Use the code WAVY for a little something off for the first few days it's out (as always, if you get email from me, do check your inbox first, you've got a different code waiting for you there). This all started because I wanted to see if I could draw lines on my knitting. The answer was a resounding yes, yes I can absolutely draw lines on my knitting. And so can you! And I knew the lines were gonna be cute, but I didn't expect that [...]
Encouragement
Did I know about the Fiber Witch Festival this time last week? No, no I did not. Did I find myself there this past Saturday? Yup, yup I did. For you see, it was only about three hours from my house. And they were requiring masks for the first hour of the market. And well...that's the sort of thing I want to encourage! So, I set out on a little adventure. Then I promptly forgot to take even a single photo at the festival. What can I say, I was distracted by all the lovely yarn. And now, now [...]
Exception
I am *pretty* sure that the underside of a sea urchin shell is technically its butthole. And I generally do not show you close up pictures of butholes on here. But then again they're not usually either purple or fuzzy. So just this once I'll make an exception.
Pile
Ahem. I believe a few of you guessed correctly. And yes, there are going to be some tweaks, because the first time I knit something like this there are always some tweaks to be made. That's why I end up knitting a whole pile of the silly little things. But we are quite clearly headed towards a pile of sea urchins. Now, I might need to hit up the bead store...
With age comes…
I have officially reached 'staggering array of different glasses for different situations' years old. Which, quite frankly, sucks. However I have decided I shall console myself by making one of the wee pinchy pouches into a glasses case. As you can see, it is not yet actually big enough for this job, but it should be very shortly. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to find my glasses so I can finish knitting it.
Stash dive
This should be out next week, and I wanted to run the yarn down with you so you can go on a stash dive/lys excursion as needed! So, I used three yarns for this (though you could get away with just two if you were so inclined). The dark purple at the brim and the gray on the hat body are two different colors of the same base. And then there's some wild pink floofy business held alongside the gray yarn and for the squiggly lines. On my hat, I used La Bien Aimée's Merino DK in Madeleine for the [...]
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