Marywarmers Knit-a-Long

Much to my delight, the Fingerless Gloves Fanatics group on Ravelry has chosen my Marywarmers pattern for an Autumn KAL (knit-a-long).

A pair of shorty Marywarmers that I made about a month ago, and that I've worn almost every day since.

For a KAL, a bunch of knitters decide to knit the same pattern at the [...]

Clandestine sock in new Knitty

The Fall issue of Knitty.com magazine is out. There are new patterns from two of my favourite designers. Straight to the queue they go!

Clandestine by Cookie A. Another ornate, decadent sock design that may be a challenge to knit but will certainly turn out gorgeous. One of these days I will buy her book, Sock [...]

Testing your colour vision

I enjoyed completing this Online Color Challenge by X-Rite. It takes a few minutes to do it properly. According to X-Rite: ’1 out of 255 women and 1 out of 12 men have some form of color vision deficiency.’

Of course it depends on the computer monitor settings, and I wouldn’t put too much weight on [...]