Knitting
Starflake Shawl (2024)
Pattern: Stephen West’s StarflakeYarn: Western Sky Knits Zebra Sock (Holden (light), Colleen’s Summer Storm (dark)) Method: Handknit (4mm needles)Completed: October 4, 2024. In July 2023, on a flight to a week-long meeting in San Francisco, I realized with horror that
Hexa-Socks The First! (2024)
Pattern: “Nordwand Socks” by Birgit GrunwaldYarn: Noro Silk Garden Sock (colour 245) Method: Handknit, 2.50mm needlesCompleted: July 11, 2024. I was looking for something different to do with striping yarn and socks… I’d bought the pattern a year or so
Green Diagonals Scarf (2024)
Pattern: Roughly based on the Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf freebie pattern I got from RavelryYarn: Queensland Collection Sugar Rush (Mint) and Alchemy Bamboo (Good Earth — dark green) Method: Handknit (4mm needles), with crochet trim (5mm hook)Completed: April 1, 2024. In
Cannonball Socks (2024)
Pattern: Toe-up, Cat Bordhi riverbed arch expansion and Wendy Knits toe-up sock; mitred squares for the ankle and a brief ribbing for cuffYarn: Turtlepurl Yarns Striped Socks — Cannonball colourway Method: Handknit, 2.00mm needlesCompleted: March 17, 2024. A simple sock
Tweedy Feet Socks (2023)
Pattern: Toe-up, Cat Bordhi riverbed arch expansion and Wendy Knits toe-up sock; 3+1 rib for the ankleYarn: FiberStash Tweedy Toes Sock Yarn (“Robert Crawley” 20056 colourway) Method: Handknit, 2.00mm needlesCompleted: April 2, 2023. A simple sock travel project. The tweedy
Purple Haze Socks (2022)
Pattern: Toe-up, Cat Bordhi riverbed arch expansion and Wendy Knits toe-up sock; ZigZag panel (from Norah Gaughan’s “Twisted Stitches” book) for the ankleYarn: Malabrigo Sock (Velvet Grapes colourway) Method: Handknit, 2.00mm needlesCompleted: October 9, 2022. A simple sock travel project…
Riata Pullover (2022)
Pattern: A hodgepodge of ideas…Yarns: Method: Handknit, 4mm needles (3.5mm for collar)Completed: September 1, 2022. I started out wanting to make Jared Flood’s “Watermark” sweater with this. Initial swatches suggested it would work, but as I got into it… no.
Spring Greens Socks (2021)
Pattern: Toe-up, Cat Bordhi riverbed arch expansion and Wendy Knits toe-up sock; simple ribbing for the ankleYarn: My own handspun seacell/merino — http://www.knitbot.org/gallery/2020/06/16/spring-has-sprung-sock-yarn-2020/ Method: Handknit, 2.00mm needlesCompleted: November 19, 2021. These are my first, or at least my first really
Barachois Pullover (2021)
Pattern: Barachois, by Jennifer BealeYarns: Still River Mill Cashmere Lace (olive green for half of body, and yellow, periwinkle and navy in bandolier colourwork) Still River Mill Qiviut/Bamboo/150sMerino Lace (silver grey for half the body (lace)) Still River Mill Qiviut/Silk
Alpaca Fairisle for Him (2020)
Yarn: Juniper Moon Farm MoonshinePattern: Invented by me, using some elements I admired from the Peace Sweater by DaleCompleted: October 4, 2020. I bought the yarn for this sweater in the Fall of 2018, and started playing with ideas almost
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