If I choose to do my swatches in something other than Lion Brand Microspun…. I love it but it’s thin!! Too thin for fast knitting!! But it’s sooooft.
Oh well. Last night got to the store used my 10% off my total sale coupon and got some Wool Ease that was already on sale, in a [...]
Well today’s swatch is a loomed lattice inset. It’s not too bad..
It’s not quite as purty as it’s needle knit couterpart but not bad..
Next up is a smaller tighter version of a stitch pattern I worked out for a hat I made.
I think..
This makes 10 swatches.. six to go.
Will she make it???
We will see.
And man… [...]
The nice thing about working on a knitting loom is that there is nearly no way to accidentally add or drop stitches. This is common when working with needles.. such as this little swatch that I had to frog at least 3 times till I got the mojo going and it finally looked like it [...]
Well I just put in my final entry for the HGTV Dream Home..
Here is my new knitting corner…
Well I can dream can’t I?
PS.. I was watching the special on the making of the dream home.. and in one of the antique shops where they bought the picture for the kitchen there was a great spinning wheel [...]
Well if you have lost track there is a handy dandy countdown timer over there to the right..
The lizard latice is pretty nice on the loom. I made some mistakes..
the main one being that I cast on one too many stitches and that messed some of the counting up.. That aside I like this on [...]
