FO: Cables and Lace Advent Scarf (2015)

If you’ve been reading along, you know that I recently washed and blocked (for the first time) an Advent scarf I knitted three years ago.  If I remember correctly, I finished the knitting not too long after the holiday season, but I then took a long, long time to decide how to finish it– then […]

So Much for Good Intentions!

Well, I washed and blocked the 2015 Advent Scarf. (I also blocked a couple of small cable swatches knitted from the same yarn, mentioned briefly at the end of this post.  Basically, they’re an excuse to try out cable patterns just for the fun of it, and I have nebulous plans to frame them for […]

WIP Updates (and Some Griping About Flickr…)

I have an update on the yarn I’ll use for the 2018 Advent Scarf project, but that’ll wait for another blog post.  This time, I’m here to share a couple of progress photos of a couple of WIPs (and to complain a little about something). First, there’s the “Sitka Spruce” hat.  As expected, it looked […]

Let’s Knit an Advent Scarf!

A few years ago, I participated in Tricia Weatherston’s advent scarf for 2015– the “Cables and Lace Advent Scarf“.  (The pattern is not currently available, unfortunately.) Much to my shame, I still haven’t finished that project! (!!!)  I think I did all the knitting, but I’m not sure if I ever bound off… I know […]