I just love mini skeins, but I don’t love winding them entirely by hand or using a big yarn ball winder (overkill). I bought a nostepinne last year to help. It works really great for giving you that extra space in the middle of a ball/cake (without being too big), and an extra “finger” for… Continue reading Nostepinne
Tag: shawls
Anemoia finished
It seems knitting is my current obsession over everything else. Now that my thumb seems to be mostly healed from the calcium deposit(s), I am able to knit without pain for longer periods of time, and the desire to knit all the things has struck me again. I finished the Anemoia shawl and washed and… Continue reading Anemoia finished
Halfway there
I haven’t been feeling great the past couple of weeks – some inner ear issues that I think may be related to jaw clenching – so I haven’t been doing as much on the quilting front. So, I’ve been sitting a little bit more and trying to settle everything down, and knitting is the perfect… Continue reading Halfway there
A few repeats
I’m loving how this shawl is working up. I just about have the repeats memorized, and generally work on one section of a repeat at a time because the repeats are getting longer and taking more time. The color is exactly what I was hoping for. And in my mind, I know that this project… Continue reading A few repeats
That lasted a day
“Both have patterning that I need to pay attention to, so I need to only be working on one of those types of projects at one time.” Haha. That lasted about a day. I have a very dear friend who has been dealing with some major health issues in the last couple of weeks. After… Continue reading That lasted a day