OhSewCrafty Blog

I was so happy to see Twist Collective’s summer issue when it launched Sunday night.  Uhura caught my eye immediately, but I liked Chartres too, and actually found some stash yarn that would work for it, 6 balls of Valley Yarns Longmeadow in color 15 (dark blue, royal blue actually) …

Here’s my latest project, Camellia.  Despite the fact it’s on size 4 needles, the knitting is fast.   The lace is fun and not too taxing, while the stockinette is speedy.  The pattern is well written.  The only mods I’ve made so far are for length.  I really don’t need this summer…

I actually knit this entire collar twice.  I’m not fond of ripping but I will do it if needed!  As you may notice, the collar is made with horizontal ribbing and shaped with short rows and decreases to make it round.  The pattern says to do your decrease rows on…

Here’s my new project from the Classic Elite Johns Bay booklet.  I started this before even finishing  the seaming on Millefiori, because I was sick of it after my speed knitting; impatient to see if I had enough yarn, I finished the knitting on that cardi in 12 days!  That…

Ok, this isn’t so new.  It’s been 10 days since I begun; I thought I might be short on yarn so I’ve been speeding to the finish (as if knitting quicker is going to use less yarn!)  It’s my favorite design from the new Interweave.  When Webs had Ella Rae…