Category Archives: Patterns

Hitchhiker: Knitting and Novel

I decided to take a break from socks for a few days and work on my Hitchhiker shawlette. It’s been quite awhile since I cast on for this project and it’s good for evening knitting and TV watching. While knitting I happened to remember that it’s been ages since I read The Hitchhiker’s Guide ToContinue reading “Hitchhiker: Knitting and Novel”

Frustration Level Rising

We weathered the storms just fine last night and got a good bit of rain, which we needed. It’s been overcast and in the high 40’s all day. My arthritis has been letting me know that the weather has changed. Again. I’ve been working on this garter stitch potholder and as you can tell IContinue reading “Frustration Level Rising”

A New Pattern

I got to thinking about the potholder patterns that I’ve been using and out of the blue I got an idea for another knitted version. I don’t have a long enough circular needle in the size I want to do the Magic Loop cast-on, so I’m using a provisional cast-on and doing garter stitch inContinue reading “A New Pattern”

Arctic Cold Front is Here

This photo was taken several years ago, fortunately nothing like this is in our forecast, just high winds and below freezing temps. It’s a little after 7 pm and I just switched the heat pump over to emergency heat. It’s down to 37°. It was a nice day with sunny skies. Then the clouds movedContinue reading “Arctic Cold Front is Here”

Another Knitted Dishcloth

Someone I follow on MeWe posted a photo of a dishcloth that got my attention. When I tried the link to the pattern I got a 404 error page, so she started looking into it and it seems that the pattern is nowhere to be found online anymore. It is the French Country Dishcloth byContinue reading “Another Knitted Dishcloth”

Shaping A Sweater

One of the things I picked up from a book by Elizabeth Zimmermann was to add some short rows to the lower back of my sweaters. Sweaters are notorious for riding up in the back and appearing longer in the front. This pattern called for German short row shaping for the yoke and since IContinue reading “Shaping A Sweater”

Sweater Weather is Here

I keep coming back to this pullover booklet. I can’t decide which one of these I like the best, but I’m thinking long sleeves would suit me, just something soft that drapes nicely, a snuggly pullover for around the house. I’ve got both worsted and fingering yarn to pick from in my stash and I’mContinue reading “Sweater Weather is Here”