death of a sweater

Remember the Abstract Jacket?  I knew going into it that it would be a problem project.  I mean, a pattern without a schematic requires a lot of faith!  Faith that I gathered, and knit on.  The pattern became more of a guideline when I realized it’d end up a dress rather than a jacket if I [...]

coulda woulda shoulda

I have not been myself this past week.  This is what I should be finishing up.  Just two sleeves to go.  Two little sleeves…but sometimes two little sleeves are just too much.  I found myself sitting in front of an armoire full of yarn last week, shaking my head and saying “I have nothing to [...]

slow going

My Ariosa Wrap Cardi is slowly growing.  I finished the back and fronts quickly (lace pattern on size 9 needles will do that), but lost my will to knit when I realized last week that the Amanda Jacket just wasn’t going to cut it.  I picked the needles back up Wednesday, seamed the shoulders and started [...]

for once, it’s not me

Just got a reply from Lisa Lloyd, designer of the Amanda Jacket and all the beautiful patterns in A Fine Fleece, and apparently there is an error in the number of decreases given in the pattern for at least two of the sizes, but not addressed in the errata. I’m going to decrease until I [...]