In my last post, Next-Level Needle Beetling, I closed with a sweater that still needed sleeves, and I promised a follow-up after completion. I also have not talked about my most satisfying-to-wear sweater since it was a swatch in the 2026 Swatchathon. There really isn’t enough to say about either FO (finished object, knitting jargon) … More I Get Stuff Done
This is my 10th annual January Swatchathon, which is an occasion for me to reflect briefly about how my knitting has changed over the years. At first I spent a lot Swatchathon time checking out the range of techniques that were currently trendy, some of which found their way into completed projects, usually garments. Many … More January 2026 Swatchathon
It was a beautiful sweater, knitted from an extraordinary chart made up of fairly simple components consisting of two different cable sequences, two different faggoting sequences, and two increase-decrease leaf shapes, reshuffling their order all over the length of the garment so that the lines of the designs went every which way. I showed the … More Flourish 1, Flourish 2, and Flourish 2 and a Half
January is my annual swatching season. I dedicate the entire month, and sometimes some of the previous and following months, to swatching projects I plan to knit and to learning new techniques in hand knitting, machine knitting, crochet, and other fiber media. This year I focused almost exclusively on hand-manipulated fabrics knitted on the LK150 … More January 2025 Swatchathon
The Interior of My Brain: A Knitting and Fiber Arts Blog 