I should be making soap but I have to get just a couple of pictures up before October is over. Rhinebeck was a mind-boggling event and SO MUCH FUN that I’m feeling just a bit depressed that it’s over. Friday night I had dinner with Norma, Sandy, Ruby, Barbara, and Leigh at the famous Eveready [...]
Hemlock Ring Blanket This was a really satisfying project. Once you get into the feather and fan pattern, every fifth row is a pattern row, and the rest is straight knitting. So once in awhile things would change up a bit, but most of the time it’s just movie knitting. Great for vacation, too. I [...]
I just finished writing up the pattern for this little bag made with one skein of Koigu KPPPM. Isn’t it cute? It was inspired by the pattern Exploring Stripes from IK Winter 02/03 that I wrote about here; I wanted to find a way to make the beads spiral down the sides of the bag [...]
Koigu Beaded Bags I’ve knit four of these Koigu beaded bags and still love to make them. They take only one skein of Koigu KPPPM and 660 beads (900 beads for the one on the top left). I can make one in a couple of days and have twice given them as gifts. I even [...]
