283 Projects

Tartine de Miel with Blueberry Compote (Cowl)

Posted by Emily In Brooklyn General Store, cables, cowl, handspun, hellomello, provisional cast on, three needle bind-off | 2 comments»

Two weeks ago during my usual Sunday visit to Brooklyn General Store I fell head-over-heels (needles-over-wallet???) for a bulky super soft hellomello handspun yarn. Here's what I made.

The colors remind me of honey and blueberries. The yarn is 85% wool, 15% mohair, single-ply. I adored knitting with it. If you want to knit with it, you can purchase it on etsy.com or at Brooklyn General Store. :D

Meg's Mountain Mitts (Tinsel & Garlands Prototype)

Posted by Emily In Aunt Meg, Brooklyn General Store, Cascade, fairilse, gift, mitts, Mountain Colors, original design, patterns, Purl Soho, top-secret | 1 comments»

The top-secret project is top-secret no more! I designed these fingerless gloves for my Aunt Meg. They feature a long cuff with a simple fairisle pattern, a peasant thumb (meaning theyre completely interchangeable left and right) and garter stitch edging. The thumb is long, better to keep her warm while allowing her to utilize her Blackberry.

Un Chameau! Sur ma chaussette! (Maroc Socks continued...)

Posted by Emily In Alchemy, fairisle, Maroc, original design, Purl Soho, socks | 0 comments»

Last night I dragged out ye olde Maroc Socks. I need the needles for another project. But rather than transfer Maroc to waste yarn I decided to try and figure out where I was and continue them.

I was pretty confused by what I saw, and I couldn't find my notes on that section, but I just ran with it, didnt chart anything else and finished it! YAY! I have one Maroc Sock!

Work Shawl at Work!

Posted by Emily In Malabrigo, shawl, Thompson Alchemists, Thompson Chemists | 0 comments»

I took a moment to pose with my work shawl before we closed last night. Its doing a great job of keeping me warm and so far nothing has fallen out of my pockets! I've been wrapping it around my neck so that the pockets fall at about boob level though because when I have it just draped across my back it get in the way in my tiny tiny store.

Work Shawl of Many Colors

Posted by Emily In Malabrigo, patterns, ravelry, shawl, superwash | 2 comments»

Yes, yes, yes, my work shawl is finally completed!

This shawl, which is huge by the way, was quite an undertaking. The stitch pattern is easy to memorize, but there are endless endless repeats! It was an exercise in patience for me, especially all the sewing in of ends and then the sewing on of the pockets.

Because this shawl is more or less reversible the ends needed to be woven in invisibly. To do this I split each end into two and wove them in opposite directions, some on the "right side" and some on the "wrong side." This doubled the number of ends that needed to be woven in. *sigh*

But the important thing is that I got through it, and even learned a certain zen appreciation for it. And now I have a beautiful beautiful shawl! With pockets!