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December 9, 2019

Shoreland Socks

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November 8, 2018November 12, 2018

Curls 3

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November 7, 2018November 12, 2018

Curls 2

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November 6, 2018November 12, 2018

Curls

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August 23, 2018November 12, 2018

Firmament

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August 14, 2017November 12, 2018

Silk Road Socks

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January 1, 2017November 12, 2018

Fine Things for Plain Occasions

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January 1, 2017January 1, 2017

The Knitter’s Curiosity Cabinet Volume 3

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January 1, 2017January 1, 2017

The Knitter’s Curiosity Cabinet Volume 2

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January 1, 2017January 2, 2017

The Knitter’s Curiosity Cabinet Volume 1

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All blocked and ready to be stabbed over and over All blocked and ready to be stabbed over and over and over and over again in the name of embroidered goodness.
Here's the bit where I shamelessly remind you that Here's the bit where I shamelessly remind you that these are coming out Tuesday (as always, barring any disasters, which is a thing we have to say these days because the disasters are such a constant barrage). ⁠ ⁠ Also as always, the way you see stuff on ig is based on the fickle whims of the all knowing algorithm, and I have yet to figure out how to bend it to my will, so I can't promise it will show you when they make their big debut. So, if you want to be sure you hear when they're out, the mailing list is the way to do that. Click the link in my profile, click on this picture, and then fill out the little form there if you want to make that happen. ⁠ ⁠ Of if you can figure out a way to just let me be in charge of the algorithm that's cool too. You'll be seeing kind of a lot of sheep and wool and yarn and knitting if you put me in charge though, so be careful what you ask for!
Shameless pause for a moment to admire this (nope, Shameless pause for a moment to admire this (nope, not fancy, but oh it's rather lovely if I do say so myself).
Almost time for the fun bits... Almost time for the fun bits...
I mean ok fine. Stockinette does have its charms. I mean ok fine. Stockinette does have its charms. I'll be honest and say I'm still really really really missing, you know, doing things as I knit. But the end result is lovely. ⁠ ⁠ I just need to get a marker and go in there and color on this a bit to liven things up (for 'marker' please substitute 'other piece of yarn with which I shall embroider,' but that's a bit of a mouthful, so we'll just say marker).
Secret additional bonus, the inside is darn tidy a Secret additional bonus, the inside is darn tidy and the folded over bit gives you a good place to ditch your ends.⁠ ⁠ I've got a long tail there because I am for sure going to embroider the snot out of this, because the thought of lots and lots and lots of embroidery is all that's going to keep me sane(ish) as I knit all that plain stockinette. And I figure why not just go ahead and leave myself a piece to start doing that with.⁠ ⁠ But the other end of the orange and the starting end of the gray are all now nicely woven in and tucked up out of sight (it bugs me if I have loose ends flopping in the breeze as I knit, so I often get them out of the way early on).
Was that a whole lot of work and bother for a very Was that a whole lot of work and bother for a very simple result?⁠ ⁠ I mean possibly? But really, you can say that about pretty much any thing you knit by hand.⁠ ⁠ And honestly, that was literally the first time I'd done a turned hem, it took me about thirty minutes more than a plain cast on would have (a big chunk of that because I stopped to take pictures), it is satisfyingly tidy, and I'm completely delighted to have done it.⁠ ⁠ So yeah, I'm calling it a win, because my brain could very much use a bit of soothing and successful novelty these days. And I don't know about you, but I don't need my knitting to be as efficient as possible, I need it to be as delightful as possible.⁠ ⁠ And this is delightful beyond words.
Ok, so here's the actual joining bit.⁠ ⁠ Look Ok, so here's the actual joining bit.⁠ ⁠ Look at the wooden needle. See how it's got rather a lot of stitches on it? And how they're jammed up awfully close to each other? Yup, well that's the sets of stitches we picked up in the earlier post. One from the live stitches, one from the cast on edge, one from the live stitches, one from the cast on edge, all the way around.⁠ ⁠ So now you go along and work one new knit stitch into each pair. So you make one new stitch, and that new stitch joins together one of your live stitches with the one from the cast on edge that was right beside it.⁠ ⁠ You literally just doubled the number of stitches on your needle (by picking up a all those stitches at the cast on edge) and now you're decreasing them away by working a series of decreases.⁠ ⁠ The result looks unspeakably smooth and round and tidy, and I'm madly in love.⁠ ⁠ It is very very very slightly fiddly. But if you understand what you're doing, it all makes sense and isn't hard and is totally worth it.⁠ ⁠ Or, alternately, you don't have to do this if you don't want to and you can say 'um, yeah, no' and nope out and do a more regular brim.⁠ ⁠ But oh, oh I'm delighted by it. And I shall be doing it again in the future.
This is two views of the same thing.⁠ ⁠ I'm ta This is two views of the same thing.⁠ ⁠ I'm taking the stitches freed up by my provisional cast on (on a metal needle) and the live stitches already on my needles (on a metal needle) and interspersing them (on the wooden needle). I've got two different kinds of needles just to more easily see what's going on, you for sure don't have to do it that way.⁠ ⁠ It's just one from the live stitches, one from the cast on, one from the live stitches, one from the cast on, back and forth around the whole hat.⁠ ⁠ And you don't even actually /have/ to do this. You can just hold the two needles next to each other and knit off both at the same time. But that felt wrestling with one to many octopuses* at once, and I know my limitations. So I took a minute to get my stitches all arranged and making sure everything is smooth and tidy before sealing everything up.⁠ ⁠ If you, as a much cooler and more coordinated person, want to join battle with the octopuses, you totally can!⁠ ⁠ * anyone about to come at me for my pluralization of octopus will get a three minute lecture on words and how not to be a jerk about them. And while I absolutely revel in a chance to say octopodes, and pronounce it correctly while we're at it, this is not the day for that. But you can go read what the lovely folks at merriam webster had to say about the word if you click the link in my bio then click this picture if you want to know more.⁠ ⁠ ⁠
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