I haven’t posted anything crafty in quite some time, partly because my yarn-obsessed Golden Retriever doesn’t want me knitting without her help. But I finally finished my Aestlight Shawl, a traditional Shetland design by Gudrun Johnston. I made some modifications, specifically a picot binding, because I ran out of yarn. Now I’m working on a […]
Category Archives: Handmade
Red and Orange
For Christmas, the 85-year-old General requested a red & orange spiral hat. He says it’s just the thing, and who am I to disagree?
Cabbage Rose Linoleum
Eight years ago, when I moved into my house in Wisconsin, I fell in love with the vintage linoleum on the second floor. Strewn with pink cabbage roses the size of my fist, the (secretly awesome) floor in the master bedroom caused some of my friends to gasp aloud. “This is a floor to repel […]
Ishbel, Part 2
A second attempt at Ysolda’s Ishbel shawl. This time I did not leave the half-finished knitting on the airplane. I made this version with Mountain Colors sock yarn, in a delicious berry shade.
Rose Red
My pretty Rose Red beret, knit from an I-cord center from the top down. Ysolda’s pattern. Beautiful design! The yarn is hand-dyed merino from Gypsy Wools in Boulder. The kitty is my beloved Gabriel.
Selbu Modern
I’ve finally completed a colorwork pattern that actually works. Behold, the very lovely Selbu Modern beret: I knitted this while in New Mexico visiting relatives. The straw-and-cornflower color scheme turned out very nicely, I think. If I make another one for myself, I’ll choose jewel tones or charcoal, as I usually do. Perhaps purple. I […]
Ishbel, Part 1
Lately, I’ve been entranced by Ishbel, Ysolda’s lovely and popular shawl pattern. My own efforts to make an Ishbel shawl started out pretty well, but ended in knitting disaster. Snowy and Mithril helped me choose a gorgeous Malabrigo sock yarn in the Violeta Africana colorway, and I knitted happily away while vacationing in Hawaii. [Malabrigo yarn! […]