Blue Mud, Revisited
The blue fuzzy sweater I posted about a couple weeks ago? umm, yeah. Ripped back from the bottom of the bust dart to the point where the arm connects. I knit to the waist, started knitting a sleeve, and it became very clear the back wasn’t going to fit nicely. Here are some shots: The [...]
Making Mud
For the past couple years my design effort has been focused on socks. Turning a simple curve, wrapping around the contours of a foot and leg, these have been the focus of my efforts and time. But since October I’ve begun shifting my attention to a sweater. When I started creating my own knitting shapes [...]
Swatchy Swatch
Today’s telephone time crafting has been swatching Henrietta. My goal is to end up with a shoulder wrap thing, with alternating swaths of stockinette and lace, set off by garter ridges. There have been a number of patterns lately that use this technique to good effect. I started on US 6′s, which is the blue/green [...]
knitting algebra
Knitting requires math. Whether I solve a problem physically by separating stitches onto multiple needles or with markers, or on paper, math is getting done. And math doesn’t have to be scary; particularly not knitting math where you have the object in question in your hand and can check your answer to make sure you [...]
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