Ann Shayne's Blog, page 9
January 30, 2013
Les Shrugs Du Temps Perdu
Dear Ann, So, Seanna had to go and mention the One Skein Wonder in the comments. Would you believe that for a minute I couldn't even remember what the One Skein Wonder was? The One Skein Wonder was the...
I See Honey Cowls
Dear Ann: Reader Gale Zucker writes in our comments: "Have you pushed through the Honey Cowl time warp and can just, like, make them appear? That particular color just kills me." Gale, I'm glad you asked. Yes, I close my...
January 29, 2013
Fill Out This Form
Dear Ann, I'm so pressed for time today that I'm going to have to fill out a 15-minute form. 1. Have you finished any knitting? If so, please describe. Honey Cowl (self-explanatory). This one is for my knitting pal, and...
January 28, 2013
Monday Morning Weigh In: No Pain, No Gain
Dear Kay, Progress on the Alice Starmore Donegal extravaganza continues. This is absolutely the least efficient means of manufacturing a sleeve that I have encountered. These Rowan Donegal Lambswool yarns continues to amaze and amuse. At night it's so...
January 26, 2013
Icelandic Redux
Dear Ann, As I headed into the scrum of Vogue Knitting Live last weekend, I knew one thing: Védis Jónsdóttir was going to be there, and I was going to find her. Let's review: Védis Jónsdóttir is the designer of...
January 25, 2013
The Remembrance of Knits Past, Or, WHAT WAS I THINKING?
Dear Kay, Moving ON. Powerful urge to plow ahead into the future, into knits unknown, horizons yet to be seen. The shock of the new. More like the shock of the OLD. After the long-haul pleasures of that Thorn...
January 23, 2013
Thorny Thoughts: A Finished Object
Dear Kay, Fresh off the blocking wires is the Thorn shawl, first finished object of the new year. I have been wearing it constantly, collecting compliments from Green Bay Packers fans at coffee bars (not really but at least...
January 22, 2013
sequin aran
Cannot wait for the sequin aran pullover from True Brit Knits. The ultimate statement piece, and if it ever goes out of style (which it WON'T), it will be a kickass Christmas sweater....
Small Haul from the Big Yarn Mall
Dear Ann, I ended up spending time at Vogue Knitting Live on both Saturday and Sunday, and had a ball. The Marketplace at Vogue Knitting Live is not for the faint of heart. If you are a new knitter, or...
January 21, 2013
Edginess
Dear Kay, That's Thorn up there, at the thrilling moment when the sail-shaped body of this shawl was complete, and the 5,498,309 stitches at the edge had to be put onto holder yarn in anticipation of the attached garter-stitch...
