Okay, I showed you some yarn I’d wound on my lovely new swift, but I didn’t wind it just on a whim. I’m making a knitted jacket called Elektra, designed by Twisted Sisters. The pattern shows four different yarns, but our local knit shop, Sin City Knit Shop, is having […]
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You may remember that my very generous brother-in-law has made me a yarn swift to make winding skeins of yarn into balls so much easier. Prior to having this, I had to drape the skein around the end of my ironing board and manually unwind it — very slowly and carefully! […]
Open swift Yarn swift, that is! My very thoughtful brother-in-law made this for me! He’s quite talented at building things, and my twin needed a yarn swift — an item not so easily obtained reasonably in France, where they live. While he was making one for her, he very kindly made […]
Cardigan A couple of months ago I showed the beginnings of a new cardigan I was knitting. I was sidetracked by a couple of things, including a not-so-lovely sinus infection that slowed me down for a time, but I’ve finally finished. 🙂 This was a fun project to knit, since […]
Some time ago I looked around for a yarn shop and couldn’t find one all that conveniently located for my area. The only one I did find was disappointingly unfriendly. 🙁 However, last week I had a very happy surprise when the local newspaper wrote an article profiling a yarn […]
I can hardly believe it’s been a month since my last post! But I’ve been busy, and time has slipped away. After finishing the shawl I posted about last month, I decided to teach myself to knit in the continental style, so I researched lots of videos on YouTube (what […]