Procraftination Station

For Henry

Kate — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:13:40 +0000

A small gift for my friend Shelly’s beautiful new baby.

Pattern: Hooded Jacket by Debbie Bliss
Yarn:Bernat Cottontots in Sunshine
Needles: I can’t remember anymore

Tart

Kate — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 19:25:20 +0000

Pattern: Top-down Shoulder Warmer by Laura Chau
Yarn: Madelinetosh Vintage in Tart (2.5 skeins)
Needles: US 8 and 9

This is the second time I’ve knit this pattern. Sometimes a bit of luxury about the shoulders is all it takes to brighten up a crummy day.

This color is amazing. In some lights it’s cherry, in others, an almost black-tinted red. In every light, it’s beautiful.

Anthro(ish) Titian cowl

Kate — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 19:10:43 +0000

Last winter I noticed Anthropologie had some really lovely long, drapey cowls that could be wrapped close or left swinging down. I fell for them, liking the soft splash of color against the neck. But when I went to the store to look at them, each one had a nasty pick or a run in the fabric (seriously bad idea to keep them in a basket, however fetching they looked). So I decided I would make my own out of a really gorgeous shade of Malabrigo sock yarn, Tiziano red.

The pattern, such as it is, was bunging on a lot of stitches, knitting in the round until almost out of yarn, and then using a stretchy bind-off. Et voila!

Little Cloud

Kate — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 18:35:26 +0000

The little cloud I started earlier this year never did get much bigger, but it’s fast become one of my favorite wraps.

Pattern: A Little Ruffle by Jennifer Lang
Yarn: Tosh Merino Light in Gossamer, 1 skein
Needles: US 7

Silk wrap

Kate — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:55:58 +0000

I’m a bit embarrassed to admit how long it took to get photos of this, especially considering that it was a very fast and easy shawl to make.

Pattern: #3 Lace Capelet by Tanis Gray
Yarn: Laines du Nord Mulberry Silk, in seafoam
Needles: US 7 and 8

Again, thanks to my mom for being such a patient model.

Collegiate

Kate — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 15:41:05 +0000

I wanted a quick, brainless knit and these were just the ticket. Round and round we go…

Monkey See…

Kate — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:58:35 +0000

My mother liked my aunt’s mitts so much that she wanted a pair of her own.

Pattern: Susie’s Reading Mitts
Yarn: Paton’s Silk Bamboo
Needles: Size 5 dpns

Mitts for Spring

Kate — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 18:57:42 +0000

Pattern: Susie’s Reading Mitts
Yarn: Laines du Nord Mulberry Silk in seafoam green~150 yrds
Needle: Size 5 dpns

For my aunt, but patiently modeled by my lovely mother.

v.v. bad

Kate — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:24:43 +0000

I’ve been doing so well lately at working through my stash, trying to finish projects, frogging what I wasn’t enamored of, and weeding through my stash. And then I come face-to-face with a wall of new madelinetosh yarns. Epic fail on my part.

Oops

Kate — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 05:55:25 +0000

I accidentally cast-on for another sweater. It’s like an illness, this chronic starteritis. I need therapy.