Voila! Here is my entry for the 2018 Summer of Basics. You guys, I am so freaking proud of this. It is far from perfect, but the important thing to me is that I had an idea in my head for a outfit comprised of coordinated separates and I turned it into reality. This was not my original plan for the Summer of Basics. I made the pants muslin and knit a Tegna sweater (see photo below) for the Outfit Along hosted by Andi Satterlund and Lauren Taylor aka Lladybird. For that "along," you knit a ...
I'm so pleased to present another test knit shawl. This is my third (the second is a secret test so I will post about that when the pattern is released). I was honoured to be able to test this pattern for Mina Philipp from the Knitting ExPat You Tube podcast. I had seen this gorgeous shawl Mina designed for her sister in law's wedding, and as I have three weddings to attend myself this summer, I was looking for something simple, yet fancy enough to dress up. The Sugar Plum Shawl fit the bill ...
Welcome to my first blog post. I was recently privileged to be chosen by Francoise Danoy (Frenchie) of Aroha Knit Designs to test knit her latest design, Then Comes Spring. The shawl turned out so beautifully that I knew this would be the kick in the behind I needed to finally get this blog up and running. This is a crescent shaped shawl with a leaf lace pattern for the body and a garter stitch border. Here is the link to my project page. It was tough to get a nice full shot of the shawl ...
It's March 9th already. How did that happen? I wanted go ahead with my February post anyway as I didn't have a lot of finishes but did have a lot of life happen. I only finished two projects in ...
I've decided to post quick (hopefully) monthly reviews so I can better track what I am finishing, as well as track my stash management goals. This is also going to be a bit of a test for me to see if ...
The weather is finally catching up to the calendar here in Toronto, however, the warmer weather also brought with it a nasty flu bug for yours truly. Here is my long delayed review of the classes I ...
