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Well, this post has taken a long time to show itself. I finished knitting my Pod of Cetaceans almost a month ago, but I’m just…
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This is it! The long-awaited post that will enable every one of you with a basic foundation of knitting and willingness to try out stranded…
43 CommentsI am so excited, people, to be able to write this post today. It was going to happen eventually, but today is earlier than expected.…
10 CommentsI do wonder if somewhere a meteorologist is sitting, hang dog and shame-faced about the fact that he/she keeps predicting snow will come to the Northern Colorado area, only to be proven wrong again and again. We had the barest hint at a flurry early one morning last week, and this week, despite predictions of snow Tuesday, Wednesday, and today, there has been nothing. (Although I do have to drive down to Denver this afternoon to collect my family from the airport, so undoubtedly there will be a blizzard or something along I-25.)
I would like to make an appeal to the weather gods, should they be listening. I know earlier I mentioned that I didn’t have any mittens, and so cold weather, snow, and ice were problematic only that my hands got cold. Well, now I have mittens, so any time you feel like giving us a good dusting, I’m ready!{read more}
9 CommentsA brief aside before I begin, I’m incredibly annoyed with the weather lately. Yesterday morning it was nice and sunny and I thought “excellent day for taking photos!” Except then I had to go to my volunteer shift, so by the time I got back, the sky was gray and overcast. And then last night, it started snowing and was quite blustery for a good half an hour, and even though we were supposed to get snow today, now it’s just windy and NOT SNOWING. La Niña, you can move on any time now.
Luckily, I do have a brand new pair of stranded colorwork socks to keep my feet warm, even if the sky is not giving me the snow I’d like. {read more}
3 CommentsI’m pressed for time so I will write more about the process and the modifications I made tomorrow, but here’s a photo of my finished…
2 CommentsKnitting stranded colorwork patterns can result in a fabric that is eye-catchingly gorgeous. Managing all the yarns, however, can be an incredible nightmare. While the front looks all nice and pretty, the inside can be such a mess.
The key to keeping the wrong side relatively neat and orderly is to wrap up the long strands, or floats, along the back side. That way they’ll be less likely to snag, and you’ll make sure you’re not pulling the yarn too tight when you begin to knit with it again. Pulling the floats too tight can make the fabric pucker and mess with gauge. {read more}
1 CommentIn a recent issue of Elle, they had a “look book” of designer fashions inspired by Fair Isle knitting. Since then, I’ve been seeing stranded colorwork, or prints that look like stranded colorwork, pop up all over the fashion pages. {read more}
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