Pattern: Magic Friends (click here for Ravelry link) from Knitter’s Stash, September 2001, Interweave Press This versatile pattern is for a simple double-knitted toy that can become a bear, a cat, or a bunny — and anything else you can think of, probably — with a few changes in the features. My purple bear is…
Category: FO Files
FO Files, Sox Therapy
Fair Isle Just Doesn’t Work for Socks
Today I have an FO to share and some free “experience”. You know what experience is, right? “Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.” ~~ Dan Stanford Ta-da! Here is the latest in socks for DH. I was pretty against the idea of knitting plain navy blue socks — how…
Designing, Felting, FO Files
More recent FO’s
Here’s some eye candy for ya: a few FO’s! Sari Silk bag: this was knit from some recycled-sari silk yarn, although at this point I’m not sure exactly which manufacturer. This major FO accomplishment started life as “Unbiased”, a bag pattern from Knitty, Fall 2004. Unfortunately, mine was biased. When I sewed the pieces together,…
FO Files, PL: Wrap Cardigan
Wrap Cardigan, Part 6 – closure
Ahem, ahem. OK, yes, you are right — the last post in this series was in July. Just barely not in June. July 1, to be exact. Of course, I did include this bad boy in the UFOlympics, so technically, the last post on this project was more like, oh, late August. But enough about…
FO Files
The Coolest Thing I Ever Knit
The other day I realized I am into my 5th year of what I still think of as my “new career”: teaching knitting, writing patterns, and perhaps most importantly, not being a corporate slave. During that time, I’ve met and taught a whole bunch of knitters. I can’t honestly say that I remember all of them…