Author: jessyz

Sometimes you need to go back to go forward {Wednesday’s WIPs}

 I had managed to finally get down my WIPs to just two blankets.  A ripple blanket and a hexagon blanket.  But, I had this feeling that I really wanted a shawl.  Not just any shawl, I want a big thick rectangular shawl that is cozy, but…

Arabian Nights Shawl {Friday’s FO}

I am slowly finishing off WIPs. The operative word here being slowly. I still have three more. All of them blankets, all in crochet. Thankfully one is a bulky weight, the second is a worsted and the last one is in a fingering weight. Because unlike…

Another Hitofide {Friday’s FO}

It is done, blocked and just perfect.  I am so ready to make another one.  But I will resist until I have finished some of the WIPs I already have.

Another FO this week

This kid has me wrapped around her finger, she sat (not so patiently) next to me as I worked on the sleeves, asking every 5 minutes if I were done yet.  She then proceeded to ask me every 2 minutes if I were done while I…

Hitofude Cardigan {Friday’s FO}

I should have taken a picture with the big girl camera, but I took this a couple of days ago and I still haven’t woven in the ends yet.  I am so pleased with this pattern.  It is written beautifully.  It was a fantastic and extremely…

Knitting for other people {Wednesday’s WIP}

Knitting is a solitary sport, it is a doorway to the place in your mind where you can have some very interesting conversations with yourself.  But then again we knit for others and that changes the game a little.  When you knit for someone else, you…

Quick update {Wednesday’s wip}

I cast on a hitofude cardigan. It is a genius pattern. It is knit in one piece usinh a single strand of yarn. Meaning you start knitting and keep on without any seaming or even adding new yarn. The lace is so much fun. It is…