Tis the time of the year I start to think about next year – what I want to achieve, what I want to improve, and most importantly – how I can make them happen. I’m in a great place with my knitting lately, largely in part because of my train commute. The 25 minutes I […]
Month: November 2011
Let’s Get Scarfy
I bought enough Shibui baby alpaca for a scarf and mitten set. Since the Ambroso mittens don’t include a matching scarf I had to come up with something that would work. When I bought the yarn I intended to make up a scarf pattern with the same Ambroso stitch pattern. I think using the two […]
Mitten Lessons
It’s been a long time since I’ve knitted something for the first time. I’ve been relishing this first time experience on the Ambroso mittens – it’s fun to do some knitting that makes you think, something a bit more than autopilot. This first mitten taught me several things: Thumbs need to be longer than I […]
Start Something Saturday
I’ve been merrily working on Lintilla and I’m still in love with the pattern. It’s clever and perfect commuting knitting. I can stop at just about any point and pick it up without issue. Of course, this assumes I actually look at where I left off. Otherwise, I might spend an entire train ride knitting […]