Knit/Wit

Tomorrow is the day I've been waiting for for a year -- the day I leave for Maryland Sheep and Wool! There are still a bunch of last min...

It has been less than a year since I released Leventry , but it has become far and away my most popular pattern and my best seller. It has g...

A little over a week ago I started spinning the first braid in my most recent Fat Cat Knits club shipment. I decided to start with the batch...

Last night, I finished the stripey socks. By the time I sat down with them after dinner, all that was left was to do the toe, which I starte...

I'll admit that in the past week or so, I've been much more interested in spinning than knitting, and that's clearly evident in ...

I have not one but two skeins of handspun finished today! I'm kind of surprised by how much plying I managed to do this weekend, and it...

I have long said that my default yarn when I spin is something fine, usually fingering weight. So I guess it should be no surprise to me tha...

Several months ago, I started swatching a lace edging that used some simple cables for a bit of texture. Those s...

The problem with being a spinner of fine yarns is that they can take a really long time to finish. I finished spinning the singles of my Sou...

I didn't want to cram them both into one post, but I did actually finish two projects last week. The sweater seemed the more exciting of...

My new sweater is officially done, and it's perfect! Pattern: State Fair Cardigan by Heather Zoppetti, from Interweave Knits win...

Spinning this week has been all about the sparkle. I finished up the second bobbin of Southern Cross Fibre Bond/silk, which practically glo...

If all goes according to plan, I should have a finished sweater tomorrow. I started seaming on Tuesday night and got both sleeves set in, th...

It's a good thing that I had last week's posts written up and scheduled early in the week because I got hit with a sinus infection m...

Lately I've been feeling the bug to spin all the things, which tells me that spring may finally be upon us. After all, I tend to do a lo...

And here we are for round two of the Defarge Does Shakespeare sock pattern preview! There are three more patterns, including one by yours t...