knitting
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FO: nakti
Of course the first finished object I have to share since my previous WIP check post is one I didn’t even mention in that post. A few days after I published the post, though, I realized that it was coming up on one year since I’d first cast on my Nakti pullover, a pattern by Continue reading
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wip check: june 2025
It’s been awhile since I’ve shared progress on my many WIPs, and quite a few of them have yet to feature on this blog. While I’ve been working a little bit on some older WIPs, I’ve also started several new projects in the past couple of months (a decision I am only slightly regretting). So Continue reading
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wandrian cowl
I’m so pleased to have new work to share today! While I think I had at least one new pattern per year during my PhD, much of that was work for Amirisu or other publications, and the last time I published a new Paper Tiger pattern was December 2020. Now that I have the opportunity Continue reading
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FO: the academic
On October 31, I defended my PhD thesis, finally bringing a transformative 5-year journey to an end. Of course, I had to knit something to wear for it. Given that a viva is a big once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing, I gave a lot of thought to the clothes I would wear. In Norway the defense Continue reading
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FO: piece of silver
Back in June, I finished knitting a garment for myself for the first time since 2022 (more specifically, since becoming a parent). Clearly, a milestone worth documenting. Last autumn I knit a plain stockinette sweater for my kid and I found the stockinette in the round both so soothing and so easy to throw in Continue reading
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september
September went by in a flash. It was a busy month of strange highs and lows on a personal level, but I looked for the small moments of beauty and joy where I could find them. On September 1, I had to turn the heaters on, and by this past final weekend of the month, Continue reading
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bramble: on yarn choice
Back in 2020, my Bramble Mitts (Ravelry link) were published in Amirisu. The pattern sample was worked up in Quince & Co. Finch, and if memory serves, this was the magazine’s choice. My original preference for the design was Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift, due both to the huge range of colors available and the put-up in Continue reading
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espace tricot: knits from the lys
Some of you may know that when we lived in Montreal, I worked at Espace Tricot for a time. My colleagues and the community around the store became my knitting family there, and when Lisa and Melissa decided to move on, I was thrilled when my former store colleagues Steph and Naomi took over the Continue reading
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amirisu wrap-up
The main pattern work I’ve done alongside working on my PhD has been a series of patterns for Amirisu, all but one of which I’ve shared on the blog already (see my previous posts on Bramble and Blomsterkrans, and Kitchen Stories). My fourth and final pattern for Amirisu was published in issue 24, the spring/summer Continue reading
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queue check: september 2023
Several years back I would occasionally post a “queue check,” an overview of active project WIPs and plans (fully based on the ones Karen Templer of Fringe Association used to post). Now that I’m carving out a little more time for crafting, I’ve started going back to projects that have been on hold for 2-3 Continue reading
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