Kai-Mei Socks Complete

May 25, 2009
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Just finished these socks last night: it’s the Kai-Mei pattern from Cookie A’s book, Sock Innovation. I won’t go on too much about this book because it’s already been discussed and reviewed quite a bit my many knitting bloggers, but suffice it to say that if you like to knit socks and have any aspirations [...]

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Finally, A Finished Object!

May 4, 2009
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Finally, I’ve finished something. Here it is, the Decimal Cardigan–pattern courtesy of knitty.com, designed by Snowden Becker. For some reason, I had a hard time with this pattern. At several points, I had to rip back because I’d messed up the eyelet rib pattern. I blame my lack of concentration for this–a problem I’ve had [...]

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Finish-itis and the Decimal Sweater

March 29, 2009

Although I’ve started several projects in the past month or so (a fish hat, a blackberry cardigan, and the Muir stole to name 3), I haven’t seemed to be able to finish anything. I’d say I’m about 90% done with the fish hat–all that’s left is sewing in ends and finishing the eyes–about 50% done [...]

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