Knitting – Thought Crumbs

Summer Camp Socks

I’ve been plodding along in spare moments to get another pair of socks finished to help fill up my daughter’s sock drawer. I started knitting her socks when she was tiny. She loved the warmth and the lack of a toe seam. It was easy enough to cart along a tiny ball of wool toContinue reading “Summer Camp Socks”

Ixchel Sweater

Two years ago the fall edition of Pom Pom magazine came out. On its cover was a sweater so spectacular that I immediately bought both the magazine and the specially dyed yarn to make it. The pattern notoriously had many mistakes and was not a particularly knitter friendly design. Much like the sirens luring sailorsContinue reading “Ixchel Sweater”

Seven Seas Socks

When the pandemic really got underway here in the United States, I found all of my creative energy drying up. I used all of my energy just trying to keep up with and understand a staggering amount of new information. It felt like each hour there was a fresh new piece of horror to digest.Continue reading “Seven Seas Socks”