I’m in a purple mood lately… I also wanted something wearable to work (my pink wristwarmers are getting a bit frayed and the colour doesn’t fit with everything). I learned how to knit an afterthought thumb with this pattern. But didn’t enjoy it… I also thought the pattern was a bit weird because the arm [...]
Archive for December, 2010
Purple wristwarmers
Posted in Knitting, tagged afterthought thumb, wristwarmers on December 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Double-knit hat
Posted in Knitting, tagged double knitting, hat on December 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I made this last year (I don’t know why I didn’t post it at the time…). I wanted a really warm hat for winter. The wind here tends to find its way through knitted stitches easily. So I tried double-knitting. Double-knitting is a method where you knit two strands at a time (usually one with [...]
Bella’s mittens
Posted in Knitting, tagged mittens, Twilight on December 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I needed a pair of mittens and really liked the pattern worn by Bella in the movie Twilight. I love doing cables and these mittens are long so they cover the arms high up and protect from any snow that could trickle in (I remember very well the burn of snow on my wrists when [...]
Autumn Neck Warmer
Posted in Knitting, tagged neck warmer, scarf on December 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This is a neck warmer I knitted for my sister-in-law’s birthday in November. The pattern is “Café au Laine” Available for free at The AntiCraft!
Car organizer (Simplicity #2553A)
Posted in Sewing, tagged car, organizer, Simplicity on December 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is a project I picked for a sewing class to master my fear of bias tape. It’s a car organizer that hangs on the head rest of the passenger seat, and can be hung either on the front or the back of the seat. The bias tape wasn’t so bad when sewn in a [...]
