I’m knitting this little sweater for Gram for our Intarsia class scheduled later this month. I had been vacillating over what style to create: raglan, drop shoulder, saddle shoulder, top-down, bottom-up, in the round, flat…. Would you believe I’ve written up instructions for most of them while trying to decide.
I finally settled on a bottom-up, […]
Category Archives: Designs
For Mr. G
May 20, 2010 – 8:18 am
Small yet Gratifying
May 14, 2010 – 4:33 pm
This watch cap was a modification from its original plan as a sockhead hat, a more stocking hat-ish style cap. I thought perhaps I would like the elongated look of the stocking hat, but it looked too elongated for me.
Though on Gram, it looks simply adorable.
This simple hat is a great project for those times […]
Summer Shawl Update
May 4, 2010 – 2:08 pm
As you know, Sandra (a staff member) has been designing a beautiful triangular shawl for our Summer Shawl knit along on May 23rd.
In her words (and pics):
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I finished
March 1, 2010 – 1:37 pm
but then ran back to Start. Three times. Yes, three times. Unfortunately, my attempts to finish even a baby hat for the Knitting Olympics were not successful. Time wasn’t the reason. I was able to squeeze a bit of knitting in here and there, and even surprised myself with how creative I had become with […]
A Strong Start
February 19, 2010 – 10:13 am
For the Knitting Winter Olympics, I wavered over whether to knit mittens, a hat of some sort, socks or any other small project that might feasibly get completed during this challenge. In the end, I chose a hat… for Gram. Really, how much smaller can I go?
There was a tinge of guilt when I casted […]
