Warty Bobbles

Anna-Lisa Kanick

  • Nupps Oops!

    So, I was getting pretty comfortable with the nupps on my Lily-of-the-Valley shawl.  And although some of the first ones a little flat, over all they are pretty consistently nupp-like.  Then, as I was knitting along I hit a nupp… Continue reading

  • The Afghan I Did Not Knit

    There are tasks in life from which, once undertaken, there is no escape.  Childbirth for instance.  No one is going to step in and take over for you – even if you beg.  It just cannot be done. You have… Continue reading

  • The Gold Leaf Shrug

    I finished the Gold Leaf Shrug, well, almost 2 weeks ago.  It took me days to get around to blocking it.  And longer still to get some photos taken!  Not from indifference (I LOVE this piece!), but because I am… Continue reading

  • The Seaside Qu’mitl

    The Seaside Qu’mitl  is a good example of my design process.  It began as the smashing together  of two  elements (sort of like nuclear fusion or fission or something like that):  my desire for a little knitted piece to wear… Continue reading

  • Summer Lace

    Lace is ideal summer knitting.  I think I could happily sit on my deck and knit my lace pieces until September!  Our summer weather has finally arrived and I am delighted.   Although I had feared that the initial nupp-less… Continue reading

  • The Battle Of The Nupps

    “Always practice unfamiliar techniques on a swatch.”    Sensible advice – and I practiced my nupps (the “bud” stitch in Estonian lace knitting – rhymes with “soups”) for several days while waiting for my circular needles (Addi-tubo lace points) to… Continue reading

  • Summer Solstice 2010

    It is the First Day of Summer and I am writing this post out on our deck – which is something of a miracle considering the dreary drippy weather we have been having! And what better way to ring in… Continue reading

  • WWKIPD 2010

    WWKIPD is World Wide Knit in Public Day.  It began in 2005 and the point is for knitters to “ show the world that knitting’s not a dead or dying craft and to help expand the idea of what a… Continue reading

  • If I Were To Be Thinking Of Autumnal Knitting…

    I admit that I am a “seasonal knitter” and not one to be (sensibly) starting a wool sweater in June.  But I have 2 new knitting books that have me at least thinking of autumnal knitting.    Elise Duvekot’s Knit… Continue reading

  • Counting Down

    The Gold Leaf Shrug (which is the bright yellow knitting appearing in several blog posts over the past couple of months) is nearly done.  Nearly, oh so nearly!   I purchased the yarn from Butternut Woolens – gorgeous sunshine-y wool/silk… Continue reading