The random number generator picked comment #7 for this month’s giveaway! Congrats, Silvie! (Okay, I had the number generator thing on here, but the internet ate it. You’ll have to trust me) Look forward to the next giveaway, which will […]
Okay, so every once in awhile, I run across work by another knitter that just floors me. Often, it’s something super intricate, unusual, or creative. Today I wanted to show you one of those projects: Aaaah! I love it! It’s […]
Holy crap, you guys– Saturday marks the ONE YEAR anniversary of Yarnexploder.com! Partake of my delicious yarn cake: What?! An entire year? I can’t believe I’ve been able to talk about knitting for a whole year. There was even that […]
I’ve read a lot of stuff lately that suggests burgundy will be the hot color for Fall… I’m not a big fan of burgundy on my skin, but it’s a beautiful color. It reminds me of some of the maple […]
I’m a bit disappointed in myself lately. Although I’m moving along on my Jaina sweater, I’ve been looking through my queue and various FO threads on Ravelry, and I’ve come to some kind of realization about myself. I’m being too […]
Someone give me seven bucks because I have to have this right now: This is Belle, by Julie Weisenberger, and it is everything I want to be, ever. Well, everything I want to knit, anyway. Holy cow. Look at the […]
I spent a good part of the beginning of my holiday weekend knitting. I spent the other part of it tearing baseboards out of a house. One of these things has injured my left thumb, rendering it un-usable for knitting. […]
This month, I have a bright giveaway for you: It’s a skein of Madelinetosh Tosh Merino DK in the colorway Pop Rocks. It’s insanely bright! Madelinetosh merino dk is what I made my Raphaelite with: I love this stuff for […]
Okay, our winner for August is: Comment #28, Hallie! Congrats! Tomorrow, I’ll post the September giveaway, which should be exciting! Tune back in! -YX
There was a post on Ravelry awhile back about favorite yarn weight… That one’s easy, for me: DK. DK (Double Knit) yarn is between sport and worsted weights, and it’s thicker than sock (fingering) yarn. For reference, if I hold two […]