Knitting category

  • Work Room: Valentines

    Hearts, hearts, everywhere. The house is filled with hearts. We have a ‘meditation ball’ heart that has a very satisfying bell that clangs in it. I made some heart ornaments at Christmas...
    Jan 28, 2011 No Comments

  • Amsterdam Socks

    I have finished the piece I was test knitting for What Would Madame DeFarge Knit (sorry, I can’t show you until the book comes out) so, I picked up a project I had set aside. I’m really i...
    Jan 25, 2011 No Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #2 – Gnome and Mushroom Draft Dodger

    Our second challenge for Iron Craft was very functional, create a draft dodger or snake to keep the cold air (or hot air depending where you live) out. My sweet, little house is 80 years old this year...
    Jan 12, 2011 12 Comments

  • #354 – Last Minute Finished Mittens

    Finished these just in time to wrap & get off to Duluth. Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend time everyday working on something handmade for a year & photograph it. If you are not reading ...
    Dec 20, 2010 No Comments

  • #352 – Testing Knitting

    I’m test knitting a pattern for the upcoming book What Would Madame Defarge Knit? The yarn arrived today but I have to keep the pattern a secret from you all for awhile. Handmade 365 2010- My go...
    Dec 18, 2010 No Comments

  • #351 – Thumbing It

    Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend time everyday working on something handmade for a year & photograph it. If you are not reading this post in a feed reader or at http://kat-knits.blogspot.c...
    Dec 17, 2010 No Comments

  • #348 – Working on the last Christmas present

    Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend time everyday working on something handmade for a year & photograph it. If you are not reading this post in a feed reader or at http://justcraftyenough.com...
    Dec 14, 2010 No Comments

  • #332 – Mitten Dilemma

    I brought these mittens with me to finish on our car trip back & forth to Michigan. I thought I knew which pattern I was using but was wrong. Now the dilemma is to figure out which one it is. Han...
    Nov 28, 2010 No Comments

  • #331 – Hat Inspiration

    Ok, after a brief break for Thanksgiving…. How fun are these hats I saw at a store in Kalamazoo today? On the zombie one you lift up the eye & see brains! They are crocheted but I bet I cou...
    Nov 27, 2010 1 Comment

  • #324 – Ladies Weekend Scarf

    Went to a ladies weekend at a cabin in WI. While there I picked up this beautiful alpaca yarn & started knitting myself a ruffled scarf. I bought 2 skeins & won’t even need one for this...
    Nov 20, 2010 2 Comments