This year I’ve been a bit of a selfish knitter. While most of my knitted items usually end up as gifts, since fall rolled around I’ve only been knitting for myself. It’s been great fun, but alas, Christmas is fast approaching and I’ve decided that I need to break that trend. So, here it is, […]

originally posted on March 5, 2012 Back in December some friends of mine welcomed their first son, Kai, into the world. During the months leading up to his arrival, I had been racing to finish my first eved to send it off to them just in time                     […]

After I finished my cap sleeve lattice top, I wanted to indulge in some instant gratification knitting. I had seen these tube sock leg warmers on http://www.purlbee.com months ago and loved them, so I decided to whip up a pair!                                    […]

As I mentioned in the last post, the case that came with my Knitpicks interchangeable needle set is basically useless.  Originally I had planned to buy a case online, but the ones I found were all pretty pricey. Luckily, in my search for a cute and affordable case (an impossible combination, apparently), I came across […]

I finally did it. I bought myself a set of interchangeable circular needles. YAY! After what seemed like hours of scouring the internet doing needle research, I finally settled on the Options Interchangeable Harmony Wood Circular Knitting Needle Set from Knit Picks. Technically, my set is the Knit Pro Symfonie Wood set (same company, same product, but they […]