Knitting on the Rogue River

Feeling the need to actually finish a project I decided to use some yarn given to me as a gift almost a year ago and make myself a scarf. And, because it’s green this scarf also qualifies for the current month’s Project Spectrum. This one is extra easy as well as quick, it only took [...]

My hat came in the mail yesterday (the one on the right)! Thanks Stick! It’s a beauty for sure and the color is a wonderful shade of green. The hat pattern was an interesting knit and good looking to boot. I would have modeled it myself but, well, we won’t go there. Maybe I can [...]

If you’re in need of a last minute gift for a friend or relative with long hair then I highly recommend Calorimetry from knitty.com with a couple of alterations. The first one I knit was huge, 120 stitches is just too many stitches for worsted weight yarn. Frogged this one. Before giving up or re-engineering [...]

I got home Friday night and am just now feeling like posting. What a day! We left Salt Lake City in the morning in the rain trying to beat the snow that was predicted. Later in Nevada the wind was a problem for S. I don’t remember what time it was when we finally arrived [...]

I’ve finally settled on knitting a hat and gloves with the alpaca from my knit, dye, reknit, overdye experiment. On the right is the hat inside out. Once I’m done I’ll overdye them both. Any suggestions are welcome. It was going to be a baby sweater but a very cute 7-year-old said it looked like [...]

This became… …this. I still have some of the roving to spin, but it’s almost finished. No project in mind, just a color experiment. The yellow roving was gifted to someone so it won’t be making an appearence. Knit, Dye, Reknit The alpaca turned out too pastel. Once I knit it up I’m overdyeing it