Five scarves

Since I don't want to post any of my Christmas knitting, I thought that I would post an interim project. I made these five vegan scarves for my boss to give as a gift. They are on their way to India to keep the vets who provide free treatment for the working bullocks, donkeys and horses nice and warm through the winter months.


I made these scarves on a circular knitting machine, but did all of the finishing by hand. It took a little time to figure out the best way to finish the scarves and in the end I went with the three needle bind off which really helps the scarf to lay nice and flat. Another trick I learned with the tubular scarves is to run an invisible stitch up each side. In the end, each scarf took me about three hours which was way longer than I expected, but still faster than hand knitting. I have a little bit of the yarn left so I am going to use the machine to make kids hats to use up all of the extras.

A secret no more

For years I have been talking about knitting an Immaculate Heart of Mary. Finally, last winter I proposed the pattern for the new Anticraft book and it was accepted. I finished the knitting last February, but due to the contract I had to wait until now to reveal the project. Here's a sneak peak at the project I have kept secret since February. The pattern is in the new Anticraft book which has just started to hit the store shelves.

Also, if you are interested, the instructions and measurements for my pvc niddy noddy are featured in the lost pages on the Anticraft site.

I'm back!!

I went to Virginia for two weeks for work which is why I haven't been blogging in awhile and now it's time to play catch up.

I came home to two fantastic packages. The first was a package from my Secret pal. She sent a large knitting needle case, which I am in dire need of and way too lazy to make as well as some really bright sock yarn and a box of Boston Baked Beans because she is from Boston. I am planning a secret gift with the yarn that I will reveal after the holidays. Thank you secret pal!!


The second package was from my vegan pal. My pal was twin number 2 from Just Knitting Around and she put together an incredable package. First, there was candy- Dots, Twizzlers, and apple cider mix (okay, not really candy, but it's sweet.) Next, she sent 4 hanks of Borroco Touche in natural and brown. The natural is going to be dyed for a gift and I am going to use the brown to make a twisted rib version of calorimetry for myself. There were recipes and a little post-it pad and of course, the magic yarn ball. Inside the ball was a little pad of paper, some apple cider mix, and the cutest stitch markers (I will post a picture of the markers later.)

After opening my fabulous packages I spent the rest of the day with Philip celebrating his birthday. He got Guitar Hero for his birthday so we played that for most of the day, but we did manage to work in a movie, Dan in Real Life, and a dinner with his family at Oasis. It was a great day.