No worries

I’m decreasing for the thumb gusset now, so it was no big deal to rip out my gloves. Oh, a couple posts back, I mentioned wanting to find a way to close the holes without having to go back afterwards? I tried something and it didn’t close the hole. In fact, it [...]

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Houston, we have a problem

I spent last night frogging my Punkgrrl fingerless gloves. I was doing them both at the same time, the way I do my socks. As I kept trying them on, they seemed a little loose to me. So, I ripped them back to where I joined the fingers. When I did [...]

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Change of plans

OK, here’s a tip. Unless your day job is pastry chef, you might want to steer clear of using puffy paint to embroider on your Knucks. Good thing I had the foresight to practice on paper. First of all, the line is way too thick. There were times when I got [...]

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Chullos and socks and knucks…oh my!

I have a co-worker (two, actually) who is (are) from Peru. A couple weeks ago, he said that his sister was coming to visit from Peru and did I want anything. “A chullo!” was my reply. What’s funny is that both of my co-workers on separate occasions expressed the sentiment that Peruvians [...]

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Feeling surly

You know what I hate?  People who use too much math in their knitting.  I’m currently obsessed with toe-up socks, and I’m fussing around trying to figure out different ways of doing heel flaps and gussets.  Some of them have increases along with the short rows, which I don’t understand why, and some are fairly [...]

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KnitPicks Harmony dpn review

OK, I’ve been using the KnitPicks dpn’s that I mentioned in a previous post, and now I can review them further.
The tips are pointy, which is good.  The finish is grippy, yet slick, which is good.
But here’s the clincher: when you order them, they come in sets of SIX.  KP says that while their needles [...]

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Call me lazy

I love that my Lendrum has a sliding yarn guide, instead of hooks.  I hate moving yarn from hook to hook to fill the bobbin evenly.

However, while the sliding yarn guide is easier to use, I still have to stop spinning to move it.  Sometimes I’m in a groove and don’t want to stop.  The [...]

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