Prefer to listen? Head over to my Substack for the audio version of this essay It comes with being a knitter, a particular phrase that is never more than a breath away from being said out loud, or, at the very least, quietly forming in …
From top to bottom: My finished long sleeve linen/silk T-shirt; My finished merino/Silk cardigan; my in progress lace basket weave cardigan; My in progress gamboge shrug; and finally, my yarn for the planned funnel neck pullover. if you’d like to see my yarns and handmade …
My finished garter stitch sweater My WIPS: Yarns that never made it into the shop😊 My frogged collared tee: My Pinterest board with some runway looks. Thanks so much for visiting with me today! Please visit my Substack to hear more audio conversations about knitting. …
For a time, shawls were the dominant presence in knitting culture. Entire design careers were built around them. Many major pattern releases seemed to be a crescent, a half-pi, an asymmetrical triangle, or some elaborate construction that required both a lace chart and a leap …
There was a time when, for me, falling asleep meant planning knitting projects. Not in a formal sense. I was not sitting upright in bed with a notebook and a schematic. But somewhere between turning off the lamp and actually falling asleep, my brain would …
It was, by Florida standards, cold. And because I am now a woman with both experience and consequences, I approached my closet strategically. I chose a handknit sweater, but not an aggressive one. A merino wool, DK weight, with a reasonable gauge. Nothing too …
On visibility, aging and the stranger social power of handknits I knit a charcoal grey sweater last winter. Relaxed shape, dropped shoulders, wooly tweed yarn. The kind of sweater that feels elegant in its simplicity. I wore it to run errands and a woman at …
There is a version of me who knits lace. She has good light and infinite patience and she probably drinks her coffee before it gets cold. She has queued approximately forty-seven lace shawls on Ravelry, and she has never actually cast one on. I think …
FO’s Crochet mesh t-shirt; Avelie Bag; Self drafted short sleeve, lace cardigan WIPS: Rivven Tee 2.0 (no pattern out yet)
Every summer, the same refrain pops up: “I never wear my summer knits.” “I’ve stopped knitting for warm weather.” “It’s just not worth the effort.” And I understand where that sentiment comes from. Many knitters have put real time into warm weather garments that go …