Happy Wednesday everyone, and Happy Pi Day! I hope everyone in the Northeast is staying warm - yikes, what an almost-spring we are having this year! I finished up my socks for the upcoming issue of Cast On and got those sent off, yay! Now I'm whipping up another pair, this time to self publish.… Continue reading WiP Wednesday 3/14/18
Author: Heather Storta
WiP Wednesday
Hi! So, I still have my Cast On socks on the needles - can't show them to you, but I am super happy with how they are turning out! They'll be in the next issue of Cast On magazine. I should be finishing them up by next week - with plenty of deadline time to… Continue reading WiP Wednesday
Free Pattern!
Hi all! I hope you are having a great weekend so far!A special birthday was celebrated yesterday - my local teaching 'home', Cheers To Ewe!, celebrated its first birthday! While I (sadly) wasn't able to be at the grand opening one year ago today, I was super happy to be at the party last night.… Continue reading Free Pattern!
WiP Wednesday… A Trip to the Frog Pond
Hi there! I am a HUGE figure skating fan, so I am drifting through these days tired as can be since I am staying up to see all the figure skating live. But I am LOVING it! I am so looking forward to the Ladies long program tomorrow night! 🙂 Anyway, I finished up my… Continue reading WiP Wednesday… A Trip to the Frog Pond
WiP Wednesday
Happy Valentine's Day! <3 I'm getting ready for my Mosaic Knitting class in a few weeks. (If you are in the Charlotte, NC area you should totally come take my class!) Here's one of the washcloth patterns in progress... Mosaic knitting is so much fun! I'm having a ball whipping these washcloths up! As soon… Continue reading WiP Wednesday
FO Friday
I finished my wrap! Pattern: ADVENTurous Wrap by Ambah O'Brien Yarn: Malabrigo Yarn Sock in Natural (White) and Sweet Georgia Party of Five (five solid blues in gradient shades) and various stash sock yarns. Needles: US 5 (I think!) Started: December 17, 2017 Finished: February 7, 2018 Modifications: Edited… Continue reading FO Friday
WiP Wednesday
So, here is my Adventurous Wrap shawl blocking: I grafted in garter at the join instead of doing the three needle bind off called for in the pattern. (See yesterday's post for how to graft in garter.) And let me tell you, I was seriously questioning my sanity when I started grafting those 171 stitches!… Continue reading WiP Wednesday
Grafting Garter
Hi all! I have finished the two triangles on my Adventurous Shawl, and now I'm ready to graft the two triangles together! Here's what I did on this pattern to set up the garter graft: I ended one of the triangles on a 'row 2' of the garter rows. On the second triangle, I worked… Continue reading Grafting Garter
New Patterns!
Hi all! Did you see that the newest issue of Cast On magazine came out yesterday? I happen to have two articles and three patterns in this issue! Yeah... so now you see why I was so busy over the holiday season! 🙂 The Stitch Anatomy of this issue was Illusion Knitting, so I have… Continue reading New Patterns!
WiP Wednesday, more progress
Hi again! I'm plugging along on my Adventurous Wrap KAL piece. I have just two more contrast colors to go! I'm enjoying just knitting away on this. And I've been putting off some other knits I 'should' be working on - new designs and swatches for sub calls. But I find myself not motivated to… Continue reading WiP Wednesday, more progress