The Mountain Mist pullover is a beautiful yoked sweater pattern by Tin Can Knits. It is from Tin Can Knits’ Strange Brew pattern book, which I purchased last year. The pattern uses worsted weight yarn and includes 25 sizes, from baby to big. Imagine knitting matching parent-and-baby sweaters! I knit size SM, starting on December […]
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DIY: Knit Featherweight Cardigan by Knitbot
Over the holidays, I knit myself the Featherweight Cardigan by Knitbot (Hannah Fettig). I cast on this cardigan on December 25, as Ryan and I waited in the airport lounge on our way to Tucson. The Featherweight Cardigan was a great travel project, since it uses laceweight yarn and just one size of needle. I […]
Meinhilde’s Make Nine 2019
Make Nine is an Instagram challenge for makers and making. I’ve been into knitting more than sewing and crocheting recently, so my Make Nine is all knitting. Here is my Make Nine list for 2019. From top to bottom, left to right: 1. Cascata by Filipa Carneiro This looks like a perfect top for summer. […]
DIY: Knit Winter Sunrise Hat and Free Pattern by Elinor Brown
The Winter Sunrise Hat by Elinor Brown is perfect for winter. The pattern starts with a provisional cast on. Following the chart, I knit the hat up to the top. The knit decreases form their own lovely colourwork pattern ridges. Once the stranded knitting and decreases are done, the provisional stitches are picked up and […]
DIY: Knit Diamond Hat and Free Pattern by Anne Mizoguchi
The Diamond Hat is a free pattern by Anne Mizoguchi, one of a series of colourwork hats. I used three colours of Rooster Almerino DK, a soft alpaca-merino blend yarn. I used Ocean as the main colour, and Gooseberry and Smoothie as the contrast colours. Since I have a loose gauge, I used 3.0 circular […]