Knitting – Page 8 – Lissylaine

Snow Forest socks

I also pulled out my current socks WIP and began knitting the foot a couple of weeks ago. I decided to knit one repeat of the pattern (6 rounds) on each sock, each day that I worked on them. The pattern is the Snow Forest socks by Kay Jones of Bakery Bears designs. I may… Continue reading Snow Forest socks

Finished fingerless mitts

During some recent reorganization, I ran across a few project bags that I hadn’t opened in a while. In one of those was these fingerless mitts. I think I started these just after finishing the last set of Vancouver Fog fingerless mitts. I had some Cascade 220 superwash yarn (color Ruby) leftover from a Stitches… Continue reading Finished fingerless mitts

Stonecrop cardigan

I finally got up my nerve to cut the steek for this sweater. To say it was a mess is putting it mildly. And if the yarn had been superwash or non-wool, I think it would have completely fallen apart, even with the reinforcement sewing that I had done. As it was, some of the… Continue reading Stonecrop cardigan

Sockhead slouch hat

I was searching through some project bags recently and came across a project that I’d completely forgotten I had on the needles. It’s one of those that I could knit without looking at, so I pulled it out and finished it after knitting at a few different gatherings. I used some sparkly hand-dyed sock yarn,… Continue reading Sockhead slouch hat

Don’t put your knitting down in the middle of a row!

Else you might pay by having to unknit every one of the rows you knit that day, and possibly then some more. Yep, I had knit around 7 or 8 rows, and had just started another one when I set it down. I thought I had pushed the needles up far enough past what I’d… Continue reading Don’t put your knitting down in the middle of a row!