Warty Bobbles

Stitch Patterns

  • In-The-Zone Knitting

    I find most knitting projects fall somewhere on the “Mindless to Absorbing” scale.  Stockinette Wasteland (especially in the round without even the variety of the purl rows!) being “Truly Mindless” and a pleasant 4-row repeat lace being somewhere in the… Continue reading

  • Blessed Garter Stitch

    Sometimes Garter Stitch is just the thing.  It is a fine stitch design-wise, of course,  but I am talking about it as a process.  When my life is especially full – with events, logistics, people, decisions, conversations, transitions, travel, meetings,… Continue reading

  • “Clever Girl!”

    I think knitting attracts clever people (Think of all the yarn shops with clever names – nice teeth-gritting puns like “Commuknity” and “Ewe’ll Love It” and “Sutter’s Gold ‘N Fleece”) because there are so many clever methods in knitting.  Last… Continue reading

  • Banana Tree

    I chose a cable pattern to use in a piece Sarah and I are making (a nice leafy panel called “Banana Tree”) and set about swatching it up last night – only to get bogged down in the directions.  It… Continue reading