Nora

A month of finals meant that a lot (a lot) of items have been added to my to-do list. Some with deadlines, others without (looks like I’m going to have to wait another week before attending knitting circle at Rosie’s).

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Hexagon Blanket Errata!

As the lovely Lisa just pointed out, the number of stitches you chose per side must be EVEN.  I’ve updated the tutorial itself with the correction, but I thought I should make a post to let you know as well.  I imagine that if you’ve already chosen an odd number of stitches to work, when [...]

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“Bobby’s Garden” Hexagon Blanket Tutorial

I am naming this pattern after my friend Bobby. He doesn’t have a garden, but I think he’d use a blanket like this for having pancake picnics and building forts. ETA: The complete pattern can be found on my August 17th entry. Materials: Yarn: So much Noro Kureyon that you can barely breathe. Or pay [...]

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mary, alice, sean, and liz

Mary was my maternal great-grandmother. She made this: A pineapple lace chair-top doily, crocheted with teeny-tiny yarn. My Grandmom says it was made around 1940. I don’t know much about Mary, but I do know she and her mother, Alice Gallagher, both taught knitting to women in the community. I also know that Alice knit [...]

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Done, and done.

Oh, Blog!  How I have neglected you! But now, school’s finishing up, and soon I’ll be writing up the patterns for all the projects I’ve been posting about.  Here are a few photos of the most recent pull-over: A tutorial on the Noro blanket, a stuffed badger, and a few patterns coming soon…

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Progress Report

Noro Hexagon Blanket: A I have now knit 97 hexagons. I have about 200 more to go. I’m thinking about using some Cash Iroha for the edging. It’s a different fiber blend, but the same weight. And this way, I’d be able to chose from a complimentary Noro color way. What do you think? Could [...]

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