I’m really very, very fond of my DH, but he doesn’t provide many fulfilling knitting opportunities. A few years back I knitted him a version of this:
That original is from 1949, there is a copy of the pattern in Knitting in Vogue, Number 3 by Christina Probert (ISBN 0 333 40080 1).
I like it, I [...]
I’ve started the Marguerite Baby Cardigan.
The pattern calls for 3ply but I’m using Patons Big Baby 4ply (colour 3911) on 3.25mm needles and I’m matching the tension called for.
The pattern claims that 2oz (about 60g) is all you need but that’s laughable (vintage patterns lie). I’ve got two balls of Big Baby, one is for [...]
I’ve completed one of the Norwegian Mitts, I finished it about a week ago, started the second mitt and then ran out of yarn. This meant that not only did I need to spin more but I needed to card together some more fibre (since it’s a mix of some dyed merino and alpaca). Of [...]
