Knitting on the Rogue River

If you’re reading this and plan on attending Black Sheep Gathering this year then you might want to play Black Sheep Bingo. All of the details can be found on violinjodie’s blog. If you’re in Ravelry join the Black Sheep Gathering group for more details on who’s going, what classes everyone is taking, whether they’re [...]

Well, I’m back at work and wishing I could have another week to get ready for the new term. There are student workers to train, schedules to finish, websites to update, and who knows what else needs to be done. 3 weeks vacation makes it hard to get back in the groove. The first week [...]

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 [...]

Head Games Knitting has extended the sign-ups for another week so that more folks can join the fun. If you were a participant in Sock Wars then you’ll be familiar with the premise. The rules are similar to Sock Wars, you knit a hat and send it to the person down the line from you, [...]

…ready to be gifted. Finished these Monday night. These are a quick knit and a great way to use small skeins of handspun. Sorry I don’t know how many yards but it was less than 150, more than 100. Size 5.0 (US) needles. Edit: Sorry for the skimpy details, and thank you Tamara for pointing [...]

The verdict is still out on these. I really like how indigomuse’s look. If you’re planning on making these head over to her site for a blow by blow replay of her experience knitting these.

Here they are, ready for fulling. Sock is a men’s medium. Pattern: Curiously Clever Clogs by Stitch Diva Yarn: Cascade 220 for top and KnitPicks Wool of the Andes for the soles. Needles: US 13 This pattern only takes a couple of hours of straight knitting, especially if you leave off the beads. However, I [...]