Category: Knitting Journal

I mentioned that I had started doing social media work at my local yarn shop and recently I wrote about a difficult knitting project I’ve had sitting on my needles since February. It’s a cardigan, called Thyone, with some cool colorwork. It hasn’t been the best project, though, and I thought I would share in… Continue reading A difficult knitting project: On the Needles

Over the last few months, I’ve worked on a lot of custom knitting projects and I thought I would share a few of them here. A good friend of mine asked me to make an army cap for the newest little addition to her family, in ACU colors, to honor her husband who is active… Continue reading Some recent custom knitting

A friend of mine made a request a few months ago – she wanted a bearded beanie for her baby (say that 10 times fast! Bearded baby beanie…). Once all the Valentine orders were finished I got started on her baby’s beardy beanie and, I must say, it turned out pretty cute! The beanie was… Continue reading Babies + Beards

I learned how to knit in February of this year. I have mentioned it before. I visited my local yarn shop with my mom and signed up for their “University” program – a special program where you take classes to earn credit toward products at the shop – and then took my first class, Learning… Continue reading On Knitting, and why it’s like my therapy

So, I knit. You knew that already, though. I recently made Ezra a hat out of some of the softest merino wool I’ve ever knit with. But I decided it wasn’t complete until I added bear ears to it. So that’s exactly what I did.       I have a limited amount of this… Continue reading Ezra’s new bear hat

It’s a sad day when a needle breaks. I wish there was some amazing tale behind this. The <painful> truth is… …I sat on my knitting needle and snapped it. Booty snap! I don’t know why I just exclaimed that. I’m sorry. This is a shawl I’m working on – have been working on since… Continue reading A tragic occurrence