I haven’t made a shawl in a long while. I have been occupying myself with lots of sweaters and tops lately, so when I stumbled upon the Comet Shawl by Beardychiel, I thought it would make a nice change of pace. Especially since this one is worked with large needles and Aran weight yarn. I…
Another instant gratification project, the Belarus Stitch Skirt, is a project that combines three things: using up stash, de-cluttering pattern queue and a super practical result. As I have mentioned recently, this winter, between several work projects, I felt a strong desire for quick knits. At the same time, I also found an intriguing bulky…
This month a particular project takes the spotlight and I am really excited to be able to finally write about it! Bakanasu is a design that has been under wraps for 3 whole years. It now appears in Knitty’s Spring & Summer 2017 issue. Bakanasu is a lace weight silk top with unusual…
When I work continuously on large projects, I find myself longing for small, quick ones. That’s when I also indulge in bulky yarns and large needles. This year, I worked on several ones, three of which are two cowls and one hat. Using just one skein of super bulky yarn and a pair of 20mm…
In the past three months I have completed several types of projects. Among them are also 4 garments, ie two sweaters and two cardigans. They have been created with Susie Myer’s Contiguous method. I have written about my impressions of this method before, when I created the first two garments. I generally like it’s concept,…
Ever since I was a little kid, I had the habit or repairing and mending things. I don’t know if that’s the result of upbringing, character or both. Generally, I feel that things should not be thrown away easily; waste is an issue, so I try to minimize that. Also, if I already own an…
Last May, and while working on several projects, I decided that I need to add one more project on my needles. Summer was coming and I wanted to remake a skirt I had previously made in 2011. It was a nice, lightweight skirt, but there were two issues: the yarn over increases & pattern did…
This past August, family celebrations were in place. One of my first cousins returned from the US to Greece for the summer to baptize her son. For knitters and crocheters such occasions can mean only one thing: knitted gifts! That’s why it was not long before I sat down trying to figure out…
There are times that you unexpectedly discover a new yarn, fall in love with it’s colors and fiber content and then… learn that the company that produces it has gone out of business. This happened last June, when upon visiting one of our town’s local yarn stores I stumbled upon Lanas Stop Algodon Soft. There…
Another type of project I worked on during the past summer, was summer cotton tops. The idea was to create simple lacy tops, that would work well for hot weather. The construction was really easy: seamless, in the round, and except one example, bottom-up. For each project I used a different lace pattern – each…