Citron in Purple

My evil plan to increase handmade accessories for work continues to progress.  I'm currently slogging through Citron from Knitty WI 09.  I needed something with very little stitch detail in order to showcase this lovely hand paint baby alpaca laceweight.  Unfortunately, stockinette stitch with tiny yarn for gillions of stitches gets boring.  How did I forget?

Trilobite Hat!!!!

The new Knitty is up, and take a look at the coolest hat ever devised.... Trilobite!
I'm going to cast on this evening for sure.
photo and hat by Hannah Ingalls

Slogging Along

I'm working on Juno Regina from Knitty and it has been an adventure. The charts for the lacy bits were very difficult to follow. I had to rely heavily on assistance from the Ravelry knit-a-long group and after a few painful rips, finally bothered to add lifelines. I'm about 1/4 way through the long bit in the middle, it's a lovely zen exercise.

Knitting Lace?

Wait a minute! Isn't this something I said I would never do? Didn't I try it before and almost poke my eyes out from the sheer fiddly-ness and frustration? Well, it turns out anything really is better than writing.

(Don't worry, I'm trying to squeeze in some of the other too.)