Choices, choices

I’m trying to come up with a portable, not too complex and not too big knitting project to take with me to Norway. I have an enormous stash of beautiful, gorgeous yarn to choose from (what’s pictured above is but a teensy sampling), but lately I just don’t know what to do with any of…

Cozy fingers

I started these mittens back in May, of all months, and finished the right mitten all in one weekend at the cottage. But then I just never got around to knitting the second one, until after Christmas. I wanted a compact knitting project to take with me on our trip to Ottawa (not to mention…

Some FOs

I finished this sweater about a month ago but I didn’t want to post it online until it was gifted. It turned out pretty great except there is one little twisted stitch right in the front, a couple rows below the digger’s tracks. Boo. I didn’t even see it until I was photographing it. I…

Completely out of season

Well I managed to get some knitting done this past weekend, at the cottage, where it got down to MINUS THREE DEGREES on Sunday night. Sheesh. I was freaking out about my tomatoes at home because even Toronto had a risk of frost. Thankfully I was able to reach someone with a key to move…

24 hours later, yet another hat

This hat marks the completion of all requested projects – if you don’t count the asks I’ve had for the adult viking hat. My mama asked me to make her a hat, and yesterday while rummaging about at Romni Wools on Queen Street I found some lovely Malabrigo in my mother’s exact colours – rich…

Sparkly spirally warm goodness

I’ve been jonesing for an instant-gratification project JUST FOR ME for some time, and this weekend I finally found it. Every where I go I’m seeing people bundled in their oh-so-cute Peruvian woolly ear flap hats (a.k.a. Chullos), coveting them but knowing it would be a shame to buy one when I could knit something …