Month: March 2019

The Cardigan of a Thousand Cuts

March 21, 2019

As I start writing this post I’m looking forward a week to the debut of this cardigan at Edinburgh Yarn Fest. There were a lot of twists and turns in the genesis of this cardigan but I’ll say right up front – it was worth every one. The pattern is from the Vintage Shetland Project, which I’ve mentioned many times before here on the blog, and from which last years’ ‘Edinburgh Cardigan’, Vaila, was knitted. That … More The Cardigan of a Thousand Cuts

The Twageos in the Room

March 8, 2019

In my last post I talked about hat knitting; about how the combination of portability, simplicity but with a bit of interest, worked to make hats the perfect travel companions. In the screenshot of 36 completed hats projects there was however a hat that, whilst it racked up a fair few miles on the clock during its knitting, had a little more to it and stretched the idea of simplicity with a bit of interest, compared … More The Twageos in the Room

A Headful of Hats…

March 1, 2019

A cursory glance at my finished projects on Ravelry (I’m Tessvintageknits there), shows quite a collection of hats completed over the last few months. In my last post I mentioned that we’re moving to Italy and as a result we’ve been busy since last summer implementing that plan. Since then the date for the final move was brought forward by a year thanks to a rather sudden turn of events, and I’ve found that as a result I’ve … More A Headful of Hats…