Things I wish I had the time/inclination/materials to knit:
Lovely shawl using fingering weight yarn and US size 6 needles. {link}
Que Sera Cardigan. So pretty. (Worsted?) Cotton yarn, US size 8 and 6 needles. {link}
Reading Mitts. DK weight yarn, US size 5 needles. {link}
Queen Anne’s Cardigan. Old-fashioned but charming. Pattern $6. Sport weight yarn. US size [...]
If I could afford to buy all the yarn I would ever dream of and had the time/motivation to finish each project, this is what I would create:
Top row: 1 [ Pretty Maids via Knitty ] 2 [ Silver Belle via Vogue Knitting ] 3 [ Desmid via Sipping and Stitching ]
Middle Row: 1 [ Bowline Mittens via Stephanie [...]
When I found three skeins of pink fingering-weight yarn at a thrift store, I just couldn’t help myself. That yarn NEEDED to be bought. However, baby pink is not really my color.
So, as my sister Janna (who loves pink) read two novels aloud to us, I knit her these lacy fingerless gloves.
This pattern is available [...]
Look what Mom picked up at a rummage sale for only $3! Included are straight, circular, and double pointed needles, plus three stitch holders, all contained in a flour tin. What a find!
© 2009 by Erica Lea
I love hand knitted dishcloths. But I’m not a huge fan of the kind made from worsted weight cotton. Yes, they are better than store bought dishcloths, but they can get very bulky.
I noticed a friend of mine knitting a dishcloth from a single strand of crochet cotton. Of course I had to try my [...]
