If you read my Anzula blog post on Cricket and are looking for the Messy-bun Hat Recipe, this is the right place. How does a recipe differ from a pattern? A recipe tells you the steps to take, with the inputs needed, but isn’t formally drafted as a pattern. I tend to do them for…
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GAL 2017 Jill Wolcott Knits Patterns, Part 1
What you need to know about the GAL 2017 Jill Wolcott Knits Patterns, part 1, the first five! Begin with the Center image next to the yarn ball on the collage and work around counter-clockwise. You can see the yarn used, the needles, the gauge needed, and the sizes. Esperance Cowl Yarn Sock Civility…
Adjusting For Lisse Hat In Croquet
I made the Lisse Hat in Croquet months ago. If I had notes, I am not sure where they are! I don’t have the unblocked gauge. This is what you need to do to take the pattern as written and make adjustments for the Lisse Hat In Croquet. Just for fun, I’ve added in an…
Smooth Ears On Your Go High Hat
If you haven’t seen Penny Shima‘s Go High Hats, you can see photos here, and on her project pages (version 5, version 4, version 1. She took the idea of a pussycat hat literally. This led to a small modification in the bind off, which gives the nice smooth ears of a real kitty. When you…
Let Jill Knit A Go High Hat For You
Let Jill knit a Go High Hat for you! Yes, that could happen. I’m knitting three of these (you can see regular photos on Ravelry or on Instagram) and I actually only want to do the knitting. I don’t wear hats and so even though I love the concept, I don’t need them. Let Jill…
Why Go High? Now More Than Ever
Why go high? My mother’s best survival skill is to “rise above it” and it has served her so well. It is, undoubtedly, the thing that makes me the craziest about her. I get it. I completely appreciate why it is such an awesome tactic. It just doesn’t fit me well. You know I’m all…
Back to Sheepspot Skein 2
You may have forgotten about Sheepspot Skein 2. I got it in October, and I’ve kind of lost track of what month it was for–August or September, so from now on, I’m going to call them by their number. So this is Sheepspot Skein 2. Sheepspot Skein 2: I Envision A Hat I wanted to make a hat….
Clean Up and Finishing Up
This week has been crazy, so I’m going to skip the usual Friday blog and just do some finishing up. Travel Blog Clean Up I wanted to alert anyone reading my travel blogs that I have updated the pdfs to have live links so if you want to do a little more exploring, get the new pdfs…
Casting On the Lisse Hat
If you read my newsletter last week (10/29/15) you know I wrote about about how to squeeze knitting Lisse Hat into your schedule. I figured I should try it too. Casting On the Lisse Hat I estimated it would take 11 hours to knit in last week’s newsletter. It ended up taking about 7 hours…
Stitch Comprehension
I’m sure I listened to my mother read to my siblings before I was born. I devoured books as soon as I could hold them and always wanted to be read to–until I decided that reading to myself would be much better. I memorized my favorite books so I could feel like I was reading…
Lisse Hat
I like to come up with small projects that knitters can make in preparation for larger projects. I also like to take stitch patterns apart to find different ways to express them. I then like to use my projects to paint my vision in yarn and stitch pattern. Lisse Hat [Lisse is pronounced Lisa] Normally…
Beginnings and Endings
Isn’t that just the totality of knitting? Or is it the broad space in-between the beginnings and endings? Most of us have no trouble with the beginnings; however, the endings can be problematic. I knitted this a couple of weeks ago. I drew this to help me see what I planned to do. Now…
