knitting

Bonnie Boy

We had our first thunderstorm of the season the other day, and everything is slowly waking up. I mean everything in this “on the way home” photo still looks dried and crusty, but the damp layered landscape really matched the yarn I’ve been using in a cardigan. This cardigan specifically, the Bonnie cardigan. I making mineContinue reading “Bonnie Boy”

making of a musselburgh

I was dreaming of the past. I was recovering from the trauma of knitting a lace weight Thinking Cap and was knuckles deep in an all consuming Oslo Hat phase when I first saw the Musselburgh pattern. Curious about its construction, I bought the pattern in 2020 and subsequently tucked it away for the future.Continue reading “making of a musselburgh”

vest

My heart is in it, and I can’t wait to be the cutest thing ever this fall. A little while back I preview/test knit the Pelica Vest for Rosa Pomar and to quote Rosa “The inspiration for this design came from two traditional garments I have long admired: The Portuguese samarra or pelica, the sheepskinContinue reading “vest”