New – Not So New

I have a confession:  I’ve been working on a new cardigan since early July and haven’t posted about it until now. In fact, I’m close to finishing with just the buttonband left. The project?  Oriel Lace Cardigan by Kirsten Hipsky.  There I was, paging through the Summer 2010 issue of Interweave Knits and spotted a [...]

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Card-again?

Just before midnight on New Year’s Eve, and in keeping with what seems to be a trend, I finished Shawl Neck Cardigan, making it my 5th cardigan for 2009, and making it my 10th and final finished object for 2009. The number of finished items is something close to phenomenal for me, considering how little [...]

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Those were the days…

I don’t know what came over me, but last night I remembered a sweater I’d knit about 20 years ago and that I no longer have.  It wasn’t an old favorite sweater, but it was a could-have-been-a-fave.  It wasn’t an old fave because the way it turned out was disappointing; it never looked like the [...]

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February is a Lion

Having finished Wine and Roses Mitts for my mother, I have resumed work on February Lady Sweater, which I actually just barely started on April 1, the same day I started Wine and Roses. When it took 11 days of swatching to get gauge on Wine and Roses, I decided that if I was going [...]

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From Montepulciano with Love

My one big splurge from the trip to Europe in September has finally made it’s debut. All lavender and lace and cashmere. Sometimes buying a nice sweater is okay, even if you could’ve made it yourself.  It doesn’t have to be cashmere. What a treat to wear. From Del Santo Cashmere, Montepulciano, Italy. Not a [...]

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Anatomy of a Well-Made Sweater Coat

One day I visited my friend Pamela at work and stopped short when I saw her wearing this sweater. She bought this hand-knitted marvel at a consignment store for $5.00! At first, I couldn’t decide if it was the price tag that bowled me over or the quality of it. Either way, what a find! [...]

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