It looks like a cardigan

What a difference a week makes! Suddenly my current knitting project looks like a cardigan and is showing up in a fairly accurate colour. Next up, I have to tackle the band which will run all the way up the fronts and round the neck. I have many ideas on how I could approach this.…

King’s Lynn – also known as a sleeve

I wanted to do a proper knitting update with lots of spiffing photos, but this picture of a seam is all I've managed. The yarns in this cardigan are not easy to capture via photography, and the project is at a point where it has all the gawky ungainliness of an hour-old foal. This state…

Silk + Merino = paradise

I’ve had a good week with my knitting and just this morning I completed the back of the raglan cardigan. I kept on feeling the love for the Rowan Baby Merino Silk yarn but then fell completely overboard when I moved on to the Malabrigo Silky Wool for the yoke. Oh, my goodness, that yarn…

Cast off, cast on

I’m happy to say I’ve had a positive start to 2023 on the knitting front. I cast on a pair of socks with one of my Christmas yarns just before New Year and finished them this week. This was the perfect little palate-cleanser project after the long haul of my pink cardigan and the completion…

Wobbled, but didn’t fall down

The past two weeks have been a bit of a reset time for me, settling into the William Hannah notebook, coming to some unexpected conclusions about my winter wardrobe, and generally getting into the swing of the new season. The weather is edging noticeably towards the colder months and my hand-knits are starting to put…

Pamalison (sometimes) knits

The knitting has been happening, but it has been a gradual return. When I knit, I do knit a fair amount, but there are still long runs of days where I don’t even bring the knitting basket over to where I’m sitting. My first choice of project has been this vintage cardigan using the bright…