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Yarny Pursuits

I’ve been meaning to post more about knitting projects here, but I tend to be so busy that I rarely remember to document what I’ve done. But here is some holiday related knitting!

What we have here are a couple simple mistake rib scarves for my kids, the orange and blue objects. This is [...]

It is hard to believe, but I have been knitting

Before summer I finished this Pop Block (pattern from Knitty) out of some great Madelinetosh yarn.

I was even able to wear it a bit in the spring when we had some unseasonably cold weather. Now it is well into the 90s in Utah.

I started Stripe Study in the winter and put it [...]

Recent Knitting

I made a 3 hats (one each for my husband and kids)

I couldn’t find the red one I made, so imagine that is there

This was a simple ribbed hat pattern from Ravelry.

When knitting for myself, I am going through a Madelinetosh/Veera Välimäki phase right now.

I started Different Lines a [...]

Fall Knitting Update – 2nd Clockwork

I actually finished a project just in time for the cooler weather!

This is the second Clockwork that I’ve knit, I gave the first one away to my Mom.

I really like the open circle shape of this scarf. I made it with 4 balls of koigu.

I had the multicolored red and purple [...]

Early fall knitting

I finished up a couple projects recently.

A Citron in Madelinetosh Prairie Lace yarn, I think the color is blackcurrant.

This was basically my main summer knitting project.

Easy pattern, but it does get a little tedious towards the end.

Looking forward to actually wearing it when it gets colder.

I also [...]

The geekiest thing I have knitted

I generally only knit for close friends, family, and people who I’ve written a book with. Since I have a limited amount of time to knit I generally only knit projects for myself. But it is fun to figure out how to make something new, which I did when Dave asked me to make a [...]

Knitting Update

This crumpled thing of maroon is an almost completed Citron.

I’m thinking of working a few extra repeats, to make it more of a shawl than a shawlette. In which case, it isn’t close to being completed. I’m thinking of making Blue Whale next. I have some Handmaiden Casbah in my stash, with two [...]

Clockwork Scarf and Ragtop Mitts

I’ve knit a couple things.

First, this Clockwork scarf:

This was a fairly fast knit, and the slipped stitch details keep the endless garter stitch a bit interesting. I can see myself knitting a few more of these. I didn’t mean to duplicate the colors used in the pattern sample scarf, but [...]

Infinity Scarf

Here’s another recently finished project, an infinity scarf:

This was inspired by Stephen West’s purl ridge scarf, except I was using heaving fingering weight yarn instead of worsted, so I cast on a bunch of extra stitches. I made it with one skein + a tiny bit of extra of Socks that Rock Mediumweight [...]

Scarf Sketch

It is pretty cool when you knit for someone, and the item you made gets incorporated into a work of art. I made a multidirectional diagonal scarf for Benjamin Birdie and he included it in his daily sketch blog, Benjamin Yesterday.