Knit One, Purl Too: A Knitlog

In my last entry, a yarn diet loomed; after re-organizing my stash this weekend, it’s official. No new yarn for me until my stash is smaller; I’m simply out of space to store it. I can knit it up, or trade it away, but I’m forecasting a fast until at least April 1. [...]

That sounds like a blurb from a self-help book: “Knitters Who Love the Sweaters They Might Frog.”

Progress is being made on the Bucket O’Chic - the three-needle bind off was helped mightily by these illustrated instructions from Sweaterscapes; it almost seemed easy. As did picking up stitches - I refined my “pick up and knit” technique and this looks much smoother than the stitches picked up for my [...]

The new favorite yarn in my house is Cascade Pastaza, a blend of llama and wool that’s incredibly soft, with beautiful variations in color and a rustic look not unlike Lopi. We discovered it’s the favorite because I’m madly knitting away on a felted Bucket O’Chic for Knit One Purl Too’s Yarn Recommendation Staff [...]

One thing I would change next time through - the handles for this tote are stitched on pre-felting, which means, of course that the yarn used to stitch them on felts as well - and shrinks.