The last knit of 2022: Owligan, a super bulky cardigan sweater with cabled owls in the yoke. It was a fast and easy enough knit, but there was button drama.
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Category: knitting
Yarn Along and 25% OFF
Everything in the Downloads section at Polka Dot Cottage is 25% off with coupon until December 8th. Also, I am one of the independent designers participating in this year’s Fasten Off Yarn Along. Read on for the coupon code and YAL details!
Read More: Yarn Along and 25% OFFJust passing along some good deals on yarn
KnitPicks and Crochet.com are having a big sale. Here are the details for anyone whose yarn stash needs feeding 🙂
Read More: Just passing along some good deals on yarnLiathite Sweater and New Shoes
I enjoyed knitting Carol Feller’s Liathite Sweater pattern. it is mostly easy stockinette, plus a nice cable to keep me from getting bored. I love the finished product, too. Here are some photos, and all of the details, in case you want to knit one for yourself. Also: check out my fun new shoes.
Read More: Liathite Sweater and New ShoesA Shawl With No Name
This is not my first rodeo with the squishy garter stripe idea, but each time I’ve improvised one, I’ve changed it up in some way. I like playing with this kind of design, where you take three or more colors, and alternate them in some way as to make a sort of stripey fade. This time, the shape is more crescent than triangle, due to the strategic introduction of decreases.
Read More: A Shawl With No NameTWiP: Of Knits and Trips
September is seasonally confused, as am I. I welcome the chill, but am I truly finished with summer? I can’t decide. I’ve got one foot in each season.
Read More: TWiP: Of Knits and TripsTWiP: Elements and Earrings
So many people slow down in August, take some time off. Maybe I should have done that, too, but instead I decided I needed a creative project to shake up my polymer clay world a bit. So I came up with the Earring of the Day project, a great excuse to play with lots of different techniques.
Then, just for kicks, I signed up for a photography project. I am taking part in Picture Elements, which is a prompt-based photography class, which explores 7 visual elements of art: color, line, shape, form, value, texture, and space. Having never gotten any official art education, I think the exposure to these concepts will be valuable to me in more than just a photography capacity.
Read More: TWiP: Elements and EarringsTWiP: Getting all Artsy Craftsy
Good old Week 30 of 2022 started quietly, getting back into the swing after our little vacation. Then one of the kids came home from his vacation (yay!) and I got all artsy craftsy with yarn and polymer clay.
Read More: TWiP: Getting all Artsy CraftsyTWiP: Blooming
Things are starting to come alive in the yard, the grass is more green than brown, I finished a knitting project, and I got boosted for the second time 💗
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