https://pansneedles.com/2018/01/13/baby-knit-parade/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1217-04.jpg1217-04https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1231-5.jpg1231-5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/0107-7.jpg0107-7https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/tinytubes4.jpgtinytubes4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ruby-romper5.jpgruby-romper5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/purperium2.jpgpurperium22018-01-28T21:01:00+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2017/11/15/two-weeks/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/hj2.jpgHJ2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/hj1.jpgHJ12017-12-11T03:43:13+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2017/10/17/keeping-tiny-feet-warm/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tinytubes3.jpgtinytubes3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tinytubes2.jpgtinytubes2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tinytubes1.jpgtinytubes1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/babyslippers4.jpgbabyslippers4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/babyslippers3.jpgbabyslippers3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/babyslippers2.jpgbabyslippers2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/babyslippers1.jpgbabyslippers12017-10-20T01:12:59+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2017/10/10/sprinkle-party/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/speckled-sunnyside21.jpgspeckled-sunnyside2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/toshtwist-cosmic.jpgtoshtwist-cosmichttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/speckled-sunnyside4.jpgspeckled-sunnyside4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/speckled-sunnyside2.jpgspeckled-sunnyside2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/gathering7.jpggathering7https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/gathering5.jpggathering52017-10-11T19:50:05+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2017/09/27/destination-36-weeks/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/stripey-newborn2.jpgstripey-newborn2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/stripey-newborn1.jpgstripey-newborn1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/bonnet.jpgbonnethttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/autumn-bonnet3.jpgautumn-bonnet3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/autumn-bonnet2.jpgautumn-bonnet22017-10-11T16:21:11+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2017/01/29/a-small-thing/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/tanis-chunky-willow2.jpgtanis-chunky-willow2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/tanis-chunky-willow1.jpgtanis-chunky-willow1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/willowset2.jpgwillowset2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/willowset1.jpgwillowset1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/willowmitts1.jpgwillowmitts1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/fidra4.jpgfidra4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/fidra3.jpgfidra3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/fidra2.jpgfidra2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/fidra1.jpgfidra12017-03-03T21:11:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2017/01/15/a-long-time-coming/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/halligarth3.jpghalligarth3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/halligarth2.jpghalligarth2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/halligarth1.jpghalligarth12017-05-31T00:48:11+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2017/01/01/looking-forward-eyes-wide-open/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/reception-30.jpgreception-30https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/oda1.jpgoda1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nightsocks2.jpgnightsocks2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nightsocks1.jpgnightsocks1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/halligarth.jpghalligarthhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/al-70.jpgal-702017-01-08T03:39:51+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2016/11/11/what-happens-now/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/pro.jpgpro2016-11-20T05:00:23+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2016/10/13/when-in-iceland/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/icelandknit9.jpgicelandknit9https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/icelandknit8.jpgicelandknit8https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/icelandknit7.jpgicelandknit7https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/icelandknit6.jpgicelandknit6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/icelandknit5.jpgicelandknit5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/icelandknit4.jpgicelandknit4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/icelandknit3.jpgicelandknit3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/icelandknit2.jpgicelandknit2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/icelandknit1.jpgicelandknit12016-10-17T18:03:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2016/10/07/an-introduction/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/slow1.jpgslow12016-10-21T23:54:41+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2016/07/28/part-of-planning-any-trip/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/stopover6.jpgstopover6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/stopover5.jpgstopover5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/stopover2.jpgstopover22016-08-25T18:21:03+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2016/07/23/sloooowing-down/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/shirt.jpegshirthttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/warmest.jpgwarmesthttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/grinchtoes3.jpggrinchtoes32016-08-02T22:46:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2016/06/03/i-made-it/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/mmm7.jpgmmm7https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/mmm6.jpgmmm6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/mmm5.jpgmmm5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/mmm4.jpgmmm42016-06-06T15:29:10+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2016/05/22/mmm-check-in/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/mmm3.jpgmmm3And, speaking of Scout Tees, here's the original! Not the first one I made, but the first one that fit the way I wanted it to. I wasn't sure about the print, originally, but I kind of love it now.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/mmm2.jpgmmm2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/mmm1.jpgmmm1One of my most-worn garments: My chambray Scout Tee. (This, and the other photos in this post were taken with my phone and grabbed from Instagram, in case they look familiar.) 2016-05-23T01:41:11+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2016/05/07/sibella/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sibella8.jpgsibella8https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sibella9.jpgsibella9https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sibella7.jpgsibella7https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sibella6.jpgsibella6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sibella5.jpgsibella5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sibella4.jpgsibella42016-05-16T21:59:17+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2016/05/01/its-may-lets-do-this/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sibella11.jpgsibella11Sibella! Full and proper post coming soon, but in the meantime, here's an shot of my handmade wardrobe in action.2016-05-04T16:01:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/about/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/knittingoutside.jpgknittingoutsideKnitting a sock on a patio. Photo by Zoe.2016-04-28T14:17:11+00:00weekly0.6https://pansneedles.com/2016/04/20/im-still-finding-sand/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/eleuthra11.jpgEleuthra11https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/eleuthra10.jpgEleuthra10https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/eleuthra9.jpgEleuthra9I could post one of these for every night we were there, but I will restrain myself. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/eleuthra8.jpgEleuthra8https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/eleuthra7.jpgEleuthra7https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/eleuthra6.jpgEleuthra6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/eleuthra5.jpgEleuthra5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/eleuthra4.jpgEleuthra4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/eleuthra3.jpgEleuthra3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/eleuthra2.jpgEleuthra22016-04-29T01:36:41+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2016/03/25/heading-for-the-sun/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sibella3.jpgsibella3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/lstripes1.jpgLStripes1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/grinchtoes2.jpggrinchtoes22016-03-29T01:20:53+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2016/03/04/at-last/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sibella2.jpgsibella2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sibella1.jpgsibella1What a lovely grey! This is Jill Draper Makes Stuff Esopus in Graphite, which I picked up during her studio sale last year.2016-03-09T19:11:41+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2016/02/26/here-there-making-it-happen-edition/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/grinchtoes1.jpggrinchtoes1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/southport2.jpgsouthport2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/southport1.jpgsouthport1I am sewing again! This is/will be a Southport Dress. I'm most of the way finished the bodice, with the rest of the pieces cut and ready to go. I'm very excited to see how it turns out.2016-03-01T01:07:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2016/02/09/the-dalas-of-my-dreams/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dalamitts5.jpgdalamitts5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dalamitts2.jpgdalamitts2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dalamitts4.jpgdalamitts4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dalamitts3.jpgdalamitts3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dalas1.jpgdalas1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/karusellen6.jpgkarusellen6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dalas2.jpgdalas2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/karusellen5.jpgkarusellen5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/karusellen4.jpgkarusellen42016-02-25T14:07:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2016/02/06/ticking-all-the-boxes/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/febbaby2.jpgfebbaby2Just about to separate for the sleeves.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/febbaby1.jpgfebbaby12016-02-25T14:11:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2016/01/22/in-for-a-penny/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dalamitts1.jpgdalamitts12016-01-25T08:54:03+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2016/01/15/fashionably-late/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/next.jpgnextUp next for me: The white yarn on the left is a gorgeous skein of 100% alpaca that my almost-sister-in-law (and her husband) gave me for Christmas. It's from a local farm and the name of the Alpaca the wool is from is on the label! It is incredibly soft, and I can't wait to turn it into a cozy cowl. The two right-hand skeins are Classic Elite Fresco (in Greystone and Superman Yellow) and they will be my Dala mittens.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/karusellen3.jpgkarusellen3Karusellen, off the needles and destined for blocking and then finishing (I can't wait to sew on that pompom!)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/next2.jpgnext2L will get at least two more pairs of striped socks this year. The top yarn is one he chose, Zitron Unisono #1210, and the bottom two are Knit Picks Felici in Baker Street.2016-10-09T09:57:00+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2016/01/13/im-working-on-it/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/karusellen2.jpgkarusellen22016-01-14T06:31:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2016/01/08/my-future-self-will-thank-me/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bags2.jpgbags2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bags1.jpgbags1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bags6.jpgbags6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bags5.jpgbags5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bags4.jpgbags4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bags3.jpgbags32016-01-13T18:13:47+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/12/31/looking-back-reassessing/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-favourites.jpg2015-favouritesBedford and Lighthouse socks // Spring Fever Scout and Fika Socks // Chambray and Double Gauze Scouts and Balta // BFF socks and Epistrophy2016-01-03T23:15:06+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/10/24/loved-worn/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/worn5.jpgworn5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/worn4b.jpgworn4bI couldn't resist stacking up all my hand-knit sweaters after finishing Epistrophy. There's pretty good variety in that pile, though more light-weight and/or pullovers wouldn't go amiss.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/worn3.jpgworn3Scouts in Chambray (left) and Double Gauze (right). https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/worn2.jpgworn2One of my favourite pairs of socks.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/worn1.jpgworn1I used the knitted-on patch technique for this pair and it is holding up admirably.2016-01-01T01:35:19+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/12/26/handmade-holiday/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/tree.jpgtreehttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/baubles.jpgbaubleshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/stars.jpgstars2015-12-29T18:44:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/11/15/here-there-all-my-projects-are-secret-edition/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lumen2.jpglumen2So mysterious.2015-11-17T01:37:19+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/11/03/review-denise2go/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/denise4.jpgdenise4Tiny!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/denise3.jpgdenise3Denise2Go Knitting Set (small size)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/denise2.jpgdenise2Quite a lot fits inside that little pouch.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/denise1.jpgdenise1Purple needles and a green cord made this grey swatch a little more fun to look at.2015-11-05T13:20:03+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/10/31/like-i-planned-it/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/epistrophy8.jpgepistrophy8https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/epistrophy6.jpgepistrophy6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/epistrophy5.jpgepistrophy5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/epistrophy4.jpgepistrophy4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/epistrohy7.jpgepistrohy72015-11-01T09:59:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/10/16/slow-fashion-october/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/epistrophy3.jpgepistrophy3Epistrophy! I cast this on in March, and even though I haven't been knitting on it continuously for the last six months, that is rather a long time to have something on the needles. I'm so happy with it and the way it's turning out, and I can already tell it will be in regular rotation all winter.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/beginning1.jpgbeginning1My first finished knit! It's a scarf/cowl, knit in 100% acrylic, and all the purls at twisted. I don't wear it anymore, but we do use it as a very effective tea cozy!2015-10-18T01:07:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/09/20/its-all-coming-together/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/epistrophy2.jpgepistrophy22015-09-22T21:01:07+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/09/14/here-there-autumn-edition/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/in-progress.jpgin-progressA basic of WIPs. That's the first of L's Christmas socks on the side there (nearly finished!) and the bag at the top of the basked holds the first finished sleeve of my Epistrophy cardigan. I am back at work on that sucker because if it feels like fall already, I am for sure going to want that finished by mid-October.2015-09-18T22:31:21+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/08/24/pink-spark/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bff6.jpgbff6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bff5.jpgbff5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bff4.jpgbff4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bff3.jpgbff32015-08-31T15:54:09+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/08/14/its-back/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bff2.jpgBFF22015-08-24T17:11:08+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/08/04/so-this-is-happening/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/moving2.jpgmoving2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/moving1.jpgmoving12015-08-07T14:19:00+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/07/19/its-a-start/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/weaving2.jpgweaving2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/weaving1b.jpgweaving1bThis is how much I managed to get done in the workshop. (Photo by Michelle)2015-08-05T00:33:36+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/07/02/balta/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/balta9.jpgbalta9https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/balta8.jpgbalta8https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/balta7.jpgbalta7https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/balta6b.jpgbalta6bhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/balta6.jpgbalta6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/balta5.jpgbalta52015-08-05T00:32:09+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/06/20/here-and-there-2/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/switz5.jpgswitz5Funny, sheepy sign above a little restaurant in Villars, Swizerland.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/scapes.jpgscapes2015-07-13T03:53:51+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/06/03/mmm-recap/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mmm15.jpgmmm152015-06-09T20:37:24+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/05/03/me-made-may/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mmm2.jpgmmm2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mmm1.jpgmmm1Left to right: My one and only successful Wiksten Tank, with Grace; and my Shaelyn shawl with New Girl.2015-06-03T14:04:44+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/05/31/have-clothes-will-travel/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/switz4.jpgswitz4It probably goes without saying that handknit socks are a staple. They saw me through hiking, sightseeing, and just hanging around the apartment. They are the absolute best.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/switz3.jpgswitz3Shaelyn and Grace, the absolute stars of my travel wardrobe.2015-06-03T14:12:17+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/05/13/the-lovely-fika/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fika5.jpgfika5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fika4.jpgfika4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fika3.jpgfika3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fika2.jpgfika22015-05-31T15:23:05+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/12/21/a-major-snag/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/swissmas4.jpgswissmas4The view from the apartment early this morning. (Standing in the same place and turning 90 degrees to the right would give me the view from yesterday's photo.)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/swissmas3.jpgswissmas3Same mountains as the first photo, but taken from the road farther down the mountains and looking back north.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/swissmas2.jpgswissmas2We were already on the road to Geneva to meet my sister's flight as the sun was just starting to break over the top of the mountains.2015-05-23T16:39:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/05/23/in-the-mountains/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/switz2.jpgswitz2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/switz1.jpgswitz12015-06-02T05:06:16+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/04/25/here-and-there/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fika1.jpgfika1Fika! (Nearly) half-done a pair.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/balta1.jpgbalta1Swatching for Balta. (And yes, that is a personalized yarn bowl. My LYS is the best!)2015-04-27T22:06:53+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/04/21/spring-scouting/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/windows2.jpgwindows2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/windows1.jpgwindows1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/springfever4.jpgspringfever4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/springfever3.jpgspringfever3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/springfever2.jpgspringfever2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/springfever1.jpgspringfever1This was meant to be a test shot, but I actually kind of like the angle. Anyway: I'm not sad, is what I'm trying to say.2015-04-23T12:10:38+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/04/13/light-it-up/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lighthouse6.jpglighthouse6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lighthouse5.jpglighthouse5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lighthouse4.jpglighthouse4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lighthouse3.jpglighthouse3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lighthouse2.jpglighthouse22015-04-24T22:01:56+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/04/07/clothes-for-a-sheep/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/amber8.jpgAmber8https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/amber7.jpgAmber7https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/amber6.jpgAmber6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/amber5.jpgAmber5About a week old.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/amber4.jpgAmber4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/amber2.jpgAmber2Two days old, already hamming it up. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/amber1.jpgAmber1She loves it.2015-04-20T14:09:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/03/26/in-progress/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/lighthouse1.jpglighthouse1I couldn't resist the contrast heel.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/epistrophy1.jpgepistrophy12015-03-30T04:45:04+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/03/17/an-unplanned-pair/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/rye5.jpgrye5I love how well the SSKs and K2Togs match, even if the dyelots don't.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dadsocks2.jpgdadsocks2I also tweak the socks I knit for others: These were my dad's Christmas socks, mostly the same as last year's, but with a few subtle changes.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/willowherb6.jpgwillowherb6Willowherb, from Coop Knits Socks.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/everydaysocks3.jpgeverydaysocks3I really dug into the archives for this one! Behold a slip-stitch heel in al its glory.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/steppingstones3.jpgsteppingstones32015-03-23T11:21:38+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/03/09/small-things/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bandit2.jpgbandit2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/honey8.jpghoney8https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cowls3.jpgcowls3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cowls2b.jpgcowls2bhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cowls1.jpgcowls1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bandit1.jpgbandit1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/honey7.jpghoney72015-03-15T13:14:55+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/03/02/the-lovely-dawlish/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dawlish4.jpgdawlish4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dawlish3.jpgdawlish3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dawlish2.jpgdawlish22015-03-08T18:55:49+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/02/26/thoughts-on-socks/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/splash2.jpgsplash2Splish Splash sockshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/pheasants3.jpgpheasants3Pheasantshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/gatineaustripes4.jpggatineaustripes4Gatineau Stripeshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/coldsnap4.jpgcoldsnap4Cold Snap2015-03-07T18:54:38+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/02/18/sweater-weather/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/roasty7.jpgroasty7https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/roasty6.jpgroasty6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/roasty5.jpgroasty5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/roasty4.jpgroasty4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/roasty3.jpgroasty32015-03-07T18:58:09+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/02/11/super-cozy-bedford/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bedford11.jpgBedford11https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bedford10.jpgBedford10https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bedford9.jpgBedford9https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bedford8.jpgBedford8https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bedford7.jpgBedford7Thrilled. To. Pieces.2015-03-07T19:02:35+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/02/06/baubles/2015-02-11T06:23:10+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/02/04/buckled-down/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/roasty2.jpgroasty2Almost an exact match so far!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bedford6.jpgbedford6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bauble1.jpgbauble12015-02-06T22:25:53+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/01/03/the-year-in-making-looking-ahead/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/tree14.jpgtree14Our first tree!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/roasty1.jpgroasty1Lovely plain socks, knit up in Nomadic Yarns Twisty Sock in Sweater Weather.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bedford.jpgBedfordBedford swatch in Tosh Vintage, in Tart.2015-01-23T21:35:12+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/01/22/red-alert/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bedford5.jpgBedford5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bedford4.jpgBedford4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bedford2.jpgbedford22015-02-02T00:26:25+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/01/10/its-becoming-my-go-to-pattern/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/rubysun6.jpgrubysun6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/rubysun5.jpgrubysun5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/rubysun4.jpgrubysun42015-03-23T12:21:04+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2015/01/01/the-year-in-making-looking-back/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014.jpg2014https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/skiff2.jpgskiff2Skiff for my Sister (not yet blogged)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rubysun3.jpgrubysun3Ruby Sunnysidehttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/gaspereaumitts1.jpggaspereaumitts1Tolt Mitts (never blogged)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dadsocks2.jpgdadsocks2Socks for my Dadhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/balticrye1.jpgbalticrye1Rye Again (this time for my mum!)2015-01-09T20:31:15+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/12/30/on-my-toes/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/blackberries3.jpgblackberries3Photo taken a few days ago, in front our (first!) Christmas tree.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/blackberries2.jpgblackberries2Blackberry sockshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/blackberries1.jpgblackberries1This picture is from the beginning of November, and I hadn't added a stitch to these socks until I pulled them out of their bag a few days before Christmas.2014-12-31T06:34:40+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/12/27/return-of-the-moose-and-the-brig/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/watchcap4.jpgwatchcap4Brig the Secondhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/watchcap3.jpgwatchcap3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/watchcap2.jpgwatchcap2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/moose6.jpgmoose6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/moose5.jpgmoose5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/moose4.jpgmoose4Return of the Moose Gloves2015-04-27T01:42:16+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/12/19/just-about-ready/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/stockings31.jpgstockings3Christmas Stockingshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/moose3.jpgmoose3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/moose2.jpgmoose2I have since finished that last finger. Now on to the next hand!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/moose1.jpgmoose1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/stockings1.jpgstockings12014-12-27T19:41:05+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/12/07/sneaky-norby/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/norby8.jpgNorby8https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/norby7.jpgNorby7https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/norby6.jpgNorby6Norbyhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/norby5.jpgNorby52015-01-02T14:58:12+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/11/27/a-very-good-mail-week/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mail3.jpgmail3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mail2.jpgmail2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mail1.jpgMail12014-12-03T14:20:36+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/11/12/all-the-things/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/holidayknitting.jpgholidayknittingNovember is such a dark month. 2014-11-17T21:15:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/10/28/dressing-up/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/forest6.jpgforest6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/forest5.jpgforest5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/forest4.jpgforest4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/forest3.jpgforest3Leafy Endless Summerhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/forest2.jpgforest2I don't know if you can tell, but I'm freezing in this picture.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/forest1.jpgforest1We photographed my mitts at the same time, and when I was looking through the photos I realized I'd never posted a photo of my Flukra in action. So here it is!2014-11-05T15:04:45+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/07/17/the-gauntlet/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/noro3.jpgnoro3The striping is surprisingly hypnotizing.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/noro2.jpgnoro2The wrist part looks disproportionately giant, but I assure you it looks less so when worn.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/noro1.jpgnoro1Taking pictures of your hand is a little tricky. Sorry.2014-10-20T15:39:04+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/08/13/big-exciting-news/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/eweknit_logo.jpgeweknit_logohttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/koigustripes.jpgkoigustripesOh, you thought I was done with the fingerless gloves? Nope! Details here.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/invitation_big.jpginvitation_big2014-10-20T15:37:40+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/10/20/warm-hands/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/toadmitts2.jpgtoadmitts2Motoring Madnesshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/toadmitts1.jpgtoadmitts1Knit in The Fibre Company's Acadia, in the Douglas Fir colourway.2014-10-25T15:24:35+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/10/11/hot-pink-socks/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/betula4.jpgbetula4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/betula3.jpgbetula3Betula2014-10-29T11:00:19+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/10/04/baby-boom/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/rubysun1b.jpgrubysun1bhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/envelop1b.jpgenvelop1bhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/rubysun11.jpgrubysun1Sunnyside, knit in Fleece Artist 2/6 Merino in (I think) Ruby.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/rubysun2.jpgrubysun2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/envelop2.jpgenvelop2Wee Envelop (despite what it looks like, this was finished)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/rubysun1.jpgrubysun1Sunnyside, knit in Fleece Artist 2/6 Merino in (I think) Ruby.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/envelop1.jpgenvelop1wee Envelop in Indigodragonfly Superwash DK in My World is All Askew.2014-10-11T06:06:25+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/09/28/st-st-st-stasis/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/stasis12.jpgstasis12First attempt on the left, finished yoke on the right. I'd say there's about two inches of difference.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/stasis11.jpgstasis11Let me leave you with one of L's test shots. It's a weird angle, but I like that it's sort of an action shot.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/stasis10.jpgstasis10Even a freshly-blocked sweater manages to collect cat hair around here. Thanks for that, Ganymede.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/stasis9.jpgstasis9Stasishttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/stasis8.jpgstasis8https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/stasis7.jpgstasis7https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/stasis6.jpgstasis6A little blown-out, but you get the idea.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/stasis5.jpgstasis52014-10-11T06:04:56+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/09/21/september-adventure/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fsj10.jpgFSJ10Tully! He's an Australian Shepherd, incredibly well behaved, and super energetic at 4.5 months old.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fsj9.jpgFSJ9https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fsj8.jpgFSJ8https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fsj7.jpgFSJ7Kinuseo Falls after hiking down to the bottom. They're actually taller than Niagara Falls, though there's less water moving over them.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fsj6.jpgFSJ6Kinuseo Falls, from the top (where we had lunch).https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fsj5.jpgFSJ5The view driving into Monkman Provincial Park, in the Central Rocky Mountains.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fsj4.jpgFSJ4Charlie Lake.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fsj3.jpgFSJ3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fsj2.jpgFSJ2I had never seen chipmunks climb grass before!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fsj1.jpgFSJ1View of the Peace River.2014-09-23T10:25:10+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/09/08/kelly-with-green-buttons/2014-09-21T21:25:48+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/09/05/theres-something-in-the-air/2014-09-21T21:27:44+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/08/25/stasis/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/stasis3.jpgstasis3I knit the sleeves two at a time, so they're a perfect match. They're also finished, which is a pretty nice feeling.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/stasis2.jpgstasis2I'm just a few rows into the waist decreases, but so far so good on the body portion.2014-09-21T21:30:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/08/18/california-stash-expansion/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/calilys10.jpgcaliLYS10https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/calilys9.jpgcaliLYS9https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/calilys8.jpgcaliLYS8https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/calilys7.jpgcaliLYS7https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/calilys6.jpgcaliLYS6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/calilys5.jpgcaliLYS5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/calilys4.jpgcaliLYS4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/calilys3.jpgcaliLYS3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/calilys2.jpgcaliLYS2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/calilys1.jpgcaliLYS12014-08-20T15:15:13+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/08/12/endless-summer/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/endless6.jpgendless6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/endless5.jpgendless5Endless Summer Dresshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/endless4.jpgendless4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/endless3.jpgendless3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/endless2.jpgendless2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/endless1.jpgendless12014-08-18T15:38:09+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/08/10/summer-skyps/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/summerskyps6.jpgsummerskyps6Summer Skypeshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/summerskyps5.jpgsummerskyps5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/summerskyps4.jpgsummerskyps42014-08-12T02:04:53+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/08/08/california-part-2/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pacific16.jpgpacific16https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pacific15.jpgpacific15https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pacific14.jpgpacific14https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pacific13.jpgpacific13https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pacific12.jpgpacific12https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pacific11.jpgpacific11https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pacific10.jpgpacific10https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pacific9.jpgpacific9https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pacific8.jpgpacific8https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pacific7.jpgpacific72014-08-09T18:07:03+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/09/05/cape-breton-you-beauty/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ns12.jpgNS12Oh, just some ocean, no big deal.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ns11.jpgNS11L with his pack on the way in, and me with my pack after successfully hiking out. I don't even look that tired!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ns10.jpgNS10These cliffs were red anyway, but they glowed even redder at sunset.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ns9.jpgNS9Little tent in the big woods.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ns8.jpgNS8See that wee that little inlet way down there? Yeah, that's Fishing Cove. It looks way farther when your legs are about to give out, let me tell you.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ns7.jpgNS7The Cabot Trail: totally fun to drive, but even better if you're the passenger. L and I drove the scenic stretches through the park several times (out of necessity) and we took turns. It's the best way.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ns6.jpgNS6Moose!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ns5.jpgNS5The view from the tent.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ns4.jpgNS4Sunset in Fishing Cove.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ns3.jpgNS3The view back up the valley from the beach.2014-08-08T14:54:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/07/25/i-slipped/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/summerskyps2.jpgsummerskyps2Such a summery colourway.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/betula1.jpgbetula1This is a very bright, very fun pink, and is also very hard to photograph.2014-08-08T14:29:25+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/08/06/california-pt-1/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sanfran13b.jpgsanfran13bhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sanfran15.jpgsanfran15https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sanfran14.jpgsanfran14https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sanfran13.jpgsanfran13https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sanfran12.jpgsanfran12https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sanfran11.jpgsanfran11https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sanfran10.jpgsanfran10https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sanfran9.jpgsanfran9https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sanfran8.jpgsanfran8https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sanfran7.jpgsanfran72014-08-08T00:28:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/07/16/halligarth-progress/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/halligarth3.jpghalligarth3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/halligarth2.jpghalligarth22014-07-24T16:09:28+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/07/09/spoiled/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bayfield3.jpgbayfield3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bayfield2.jpgbayfield2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bayfield1.jpgbayfield12014-07-11T10:12:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/07/02/hello-summer/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/gatineaustripes7.jpggatineaustripes7Gatineau Stripeshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/gatineaustripes6.jpggatineaustripes6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/gatineaustripes5.jpggatineaustripes5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/gatineaustripes4.jpggatineaustripes4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/camping4.jpgcamping4This bunny spent a lot of time hanging out in our campsite.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/camping3.jpgcamping3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/camping2.jpgcamping2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/camping1.jpgcamping1The water may look tropical, but let me assure you it was freezing. So cold it actually hurt. (Also, the colours in this photo aren't edited at all.)2014-07-08T14:55:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/06/25/on-my-needles/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/halligarth1.jpghalligarth1Un-stretched, each diamond measures about 3 inches across.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/gatineaustripes3.jpggatineaustripes3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/gatineaustripes2.jpggatineaustripes2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/gatineaustripes1.jpggatineaustripes12014-07-02T15:44:47+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/06/17/1545/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/baldersquash5.jpgbaldersquash5Daphne for me!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/baldersquash4.jpgbaldersquash4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/baldersquash3.jpgbaldersquash3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/baldersquash2.jpgbaldersquash22014-06-22T09:05:19+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/06/13/finished-pheasants/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pheasants6.jpgpheasants6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pheasants5.jpgpheasants5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pheasants4.jpgpheasants4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pheasants3.jpgpheasants3Pheasants2014-06-15T21:37:18+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/06/07/a-year-in-the-making/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/grace13.jpgGrace13https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/grace12.jpgGrace12https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/grace11.jpgGrace11https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/grace10.jpgGrace10https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/grace9.jpgGrace9Gracehttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/grace8.jpgGrace82014-06-14T15:33:35+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/06/03/make-do-mend/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/mending4.jpgmending4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/mending3.jpgmending3The orange socks needed repairs to both heels and both toes. The purple ones wore through in a weak spot I knew would probably be trouble.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/mending2.jpgmending2I wear through this part of all my mittens far more quickly than any other part. When he thumbs started to get threadbare, I knit myself a new pair.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/mending1.jpgmending1L's gloves, still in need of some mending.2014-06-08T13:19:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/05/31/everythings-coming-up-grace/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/knitsew1.jpgknitsew1My weekend, in a pile.2014-06-06T04:07:34+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/05/23/bad-newsgood-news/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/grace5.jpggrace5In the interest of everything matching, I've started the second sleeve.2014-05-25T20:50:52+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/05/19/fine-feathered-madeleine/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/feathers5.jpgfeathers5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/feathers4.jpgfeathers4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/feathers3.jpgfeathers3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/feathers2.jpgfeathers2Madeleinehttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/feathers1.jpgfeathers12014-05-23T14:54:53+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/05/10/on-tops/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dot-scout2.jpgdot-scout2What do you think? https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dot-scout1.jpgDot-scout1I really like the test-pattern-ness of this print (Color Me Happy by V & Co.), which gets totally lost if you're not right up close.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/grace4.jpggrace4Grace is all wrinkled because I unceremoniously shoved it into a bag and then shoved the bag into my pannier. That's the price of patio knitting.2014-05-20T18:42:47+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/05/03/may-in-the-making/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/grace3.jpgGrace3Grace got put aside again in April, but now I'm determined. I even figured out how much I need to knit each week to finish by the end of the month. (For reference, I'm nearly done the waist decreases.)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mayplans2.jpgmayplans2This pile of fabric represents (I hope) three tops and a dress. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bluescout.jpgbluescoutI sewed this Scout Woven Tee a few weeks ago. It's basically just a wearable muslin, but it's so much better than the actual muslin I made that it feels like excellent progress. I've even worn it out!2014-05-05T20:44:04+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/04/22/going-coastal/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nshaul2.jpgNShaul2I think the grey is soft enough that I'm not worried about the bumblebee effect.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nshaul.jpgNShaulThe full haul, l-r, top to bottom: Two skeins undyed yarn from Marilyn; Swan's Island Organic Fingering weight in Vintage Lilac, two skeinds Swan's Island Washable DK in Midnight (for a new hat for L), yellow/gold skein from Marilyn; Four skeins Fleece Artist Wool Tweedhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ns6.jpgNS6The beach at the base of Blomidon. The tide is somewhere between a third of the way and halfway out. That speck in the middle is L.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ns5.jpgNS5We walked along the beach for a little while and, despite the sun, it was freezing. The point up ahead is the very tip of the mountain (which looks like a peninsula from farther away).https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ns4.jpgNS4Crocuses! My parents have amazing gardens, but at this time of year all the glory goes to the crocuses, which offer a welcome riot of colour after the winter.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ns3.jpgNS3This is the classic view as you drive into the Annapolis Valley. The tide is in and that long dark peninsula is Blomidon, a provincial park and legendary home to the Mi'kmaq god Glooscap.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ns2.jpgNS2Besides the lighthouse, Peggy's Cove remains an active fishing village (lobster being the main catch, I think).https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ns1.jpgNS1The famous lighthouse in Peggy's Cove. It was a bright and sunny day in Halifax, but when we got to Peggy's Cove it was quite chilly. The upside, of course, was there was almost no one else there.2014-04-28T20:46:21+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/01/14/toasty-toes/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/coldsnap4.jpgcoldsnap4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/coldsnap3.jpgcoldsnap3Stepping-Stones for me!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/toshvint-amber.jpgtoshvint-amberTosh VIntage in Amber Trinket. Two skeins this time.2014-04-19T20:35:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/01/18/to-the-brig/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/brig4.jpgbrig4L doesn't usually go for the slouchy look, but I have to say, I am a fan, especially for the days when he's working at the computer and wants to keep the hair out of his eyes.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/brig3.jpgbrig3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/brig2.jpgbrig2Brig the Firsthttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/brig1.jpgbrig12014-04-19T20:34:04+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/02/10/game-plan/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sochi2.jpgsochi2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sochi1.jpgsochi12014-04-19T20:29:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/04/19/splish-splash/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/splash6.jpgsplash6Splish-Splash sockshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/splash5.jpgsplash5Stripes!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/splash4.jpgsplash4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/splash3.jpgsplash32014-05-04T15:23:53+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/04/13/on-the-road/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/holidays4.jpgholidays4I really love this yarn.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/splash2.jpgsplash2Felici in Splash.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pheasants2.jpgpheasants2Plain socks, knit up in Hedgehog Fibres BFL/nylon sock in the Pheasant colourway.2014-04-19T20:07:06+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/04/11/1458/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/shaelyn5.jpgshaelyn5Finished measurements: 66 inches across x 36 inches deep. Enormous.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/shaelyn4.jpgshaelyn4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/shaelyn2.jpgshaelyn2I'm not sure what L was doing with the camera here, but I was definitely standing upright.2014-04-22T15:41:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/03/01/colour-therapy/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tanis-etsy.jpgtanis-etsyClockwise from the top: Fjord, Rock, and Aurorahttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sochi4.jpgsochi4Olympic Sockshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/flukra2.jpgflukra2For scale, it's already 14 inches deep, with another six or seven garter ridges to go, plus the border. This is going to be a big shawl.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/flukra1.jpgflukra12014-04-07T15:48:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/04/07/new-girl/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/newgirl71.jpgNewgirl7I added stripes to the insides of the pockets, just for fun.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/newgirl61.jpgnewgirl6If it works with a t-shirt and a cardigan, it is basically a lock in my wardrobe.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/shaelyn3.jpgshaelyn3Shaelyn and New Girl (two of my most-worn FOs)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/newgirl8.jpgnewgirl82014-04-22T15:40:02+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/03/07/i-did-not-forget-about-these-projects/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/stasis1.jpgstasis1Stasis, cast on Feb. 2, 2014https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/shaelyn1.jpgshaelyn1Shaelyn, cast on March 3, 2013. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pheasants1.jpgpheasants1My background knitting. Slow but steady, these are part of my grand plan for increasing my pairs of plain socks.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/huntercowl1.jpghuntercowl1Hunter St. Cowl, cast on April 6, 2013 (appearance not improved for having been shoved in a small bag. Ahem.)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/grace1.jpggrace1Grace, cast on June 1, 2013.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/baldersquash1.jpgbaldersquash1Daphne, cast on July 18.2014-04-07T15:42:35+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/04/04/in-tandem/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/newgirl5.jpgnewgirl5Sneak peek.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/grace2.jpggrace2Considering it was shoved in a bag for nearly a year, it doesn't look so bad.2014-04-08T17:00:24+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/06/24/little-green-leaves/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sproutlette3.jpgsproutlette3Teeny tiny leaves!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sproutlette2.jpgsproutlette2I'm about halfway through the stockinette portion of the skirt. I love how it bubbles out from the little bodice.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/projectbag1.jpgprojectbag1When I cast this on I realized all my project bags were occupied, so instead of taking that as a sign, I just sewed up another one. It's my new favourite I think.2014-03-26T15:16:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/02/21/some-new-craftiness/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/puerperium2.jpgpuerperium2It will be the Puerperium Cardigan.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/featherbag.jpgfeatherbagI am foolishly proud of this. (The lining is royal blue.)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fabric1.jpgfabric1It is so fun choosing fabric. 2014-03-26T15:13:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/06/03/something-orange-and-something-blue/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wiksten3.jpgwiksten3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/grace2.jpggrace2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/grace1.jpggrace1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wiksten2.jpgwiksten2The print is actually bicycle sprockets! I love it. It's from the Ride collection by Julia Rothman.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wiksten1.jpgwiksten1Ta da!2014-03-26T15:08:57+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/03/26/learning-curve/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/vinetank4.jpgvinetank4Ta da! There are no pictures of me wearing it (yet) because it is too friggin' cold to pose outside and I don't have the patience to pose indoors. I'll take a picture of me wearing it later.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/vinetank2.jpgvinetank2On the right, the piece of the tank; on the left, leftovers.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/vinetank1.jpgvinetank1I am so, so desperate for green! This fabric is Vintage Floral, Vine, from Rowan's Victoria & Albert Museum collection. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/newgirl4.jpgnewgirl42014-04-07T15:23:48+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/03/19/there-will-be-pockets/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/newgirl3.jpgnewgirl3The way the top edge is rolling (it will be seamed down) is making me think I should probably add a hem to the bottom.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/newgirl2.jpgnewgirl2Pocket split. The red is there to give me a clear place to measure from (for some reason, I'm terrible at counting rows as I go.)2014-10-04T17:27:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/03/12/flukra-flukra/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/flukra7.jpgflukra7L thinks it's very funny to "dress" Ganymede in shawls/scarves and see what she does. I was laughing so hard at the put-upon expression she was making I couldn't hold the camera steady, but doesn't she look cozy?https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/flukra41.jpgflukra4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/flukra6.jpgflukra6L thinks it's very funny to "dress" Ganymede in shawls/scarves and see what she does. I was laughing so hard at her miserable expression I couldn't hold the camera steady, but doesn't she look cozy?https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/flukra5.jpgflukra5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/flukra3.jpgflukra3Flukra2014-03-19T14:58:12+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/07/29/this-old-house/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/fleeceartist-autumn.jpgfleeceartist-autumnFleece Artist Merino 2/6 in what I'm guessing is her Autumn colourway (she doesn't write the names on the tags because they are hard to repeat exactly and people get mad about it, or so I've been told.)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/home6.jpghome6Stone steps that lead down to the patio by the ponds/back up toward the house.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/home5.jpghome5Looking down toward the bottom pond, from the bend in the little stream that connects them.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/home4.jpghome4The view from the far back corner, diagonally across from the entrance.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/home3.jpghome3The view across the garden from the entrance.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/home2.jpghome2Looking in – you can see the original height of the meadow on the left.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/home1.jpghome1The front of the house.2014-03-07T16:05:24+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/02/23/dnf/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sochi3.jpgsochi3I turned the heel during the men's gold-medal game this morning, but since I have to work today, finishing these will have to wait.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hodgepodge8.jpghodgepodge8https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hodgepodge7.jpghodgepodge7Hodgepodge Mittenshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hodgepodge6.jpghodgepodge62014-02-25T20:05:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/02/14/hodgepodge/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hodgepodge4.jpghodgepodge4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hodgepodge3.jpghodgepodge3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hodgepodge2.jpghodgepodge2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/fresco-royalgrey.jpgfresco-royalgrey2014-02-23T17:20:29+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/02/04/still-winter/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rye6.jpgrye6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rye5.jpgrye5Rye the Firsthttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rye4.jpgrye4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rye3.jpgrye3Weirdly, both cuffs/legs of the socks were knit from the same skein, despite looking totally different. The feet (top photo) are different dyelots, though.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rye2.jpgrye22014-02-10T14:27:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/01/24/twin-set/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sunnyside6.jpgsunnyside6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sunnyside5.jpgsunnyside5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sunnyside4.jpgsunnyside4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sunnyside3.jpgsunnyside3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sunnyside2.jpgsunnyside2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sunnyside1.jpgsunnyside1Sunnyside Twin-Set2014-01-28T15:52:56+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/01/10/a-little-roundup/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/holidays4.jpgholidays4Last but not least, this skein of yarn, also from my parents. It was produced, from sheep to skein (or so I understand it), including the dyeing very near where I grew up. I don't know what kind of sheep it came from or its yardage (though it weighs 105g and is fingering weight-ish, so I'm guessing 300-350 yards) but it's soft and rustic and I'm thinking it will become a shawl. Maybe this one. What do you think?https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/holidays3.jpgholidays3My sister Jenny is doing most of her masters research in Yellowknife and farther north in the Northwest Territories. These are buttons made of caribou antler that she bought at an art gallery in Yellowknife. I clearly need to knit a classic white-cabled Aran cardigan or something to go with them, don't you think?https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/holidays2.jpgholidays2Another button, this one from my parents and made by a local (to them) potter. It is so, so lovely, and would be perfect for a shawl or a cowl. It's 1.75-inches wide.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/holidays1.jpgholidays1This was a gift from Claudia. It's an Offhand Designs Scottie bag, and it is gorgeous. It was carry-on when I went to Switzerland, and it fits way more than you'd think (right now its being filled up with an afghan, if that helps for scale). 2014-01-13T14:33:26+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/01/06/weekend-getaway/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/elmira4.jpgelmira4Wooly cows!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/elmira3.jpgelmira3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/elmira2.jpgelmira2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/elmira1.jpgelmira1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/coldsnap1.jpgcoldsnap1Stepping-Stones in Cosmos, with surprise toes!2014-01-09T00:46:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2014/01/02/the-year-in-knitting-2/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sproutlette6.jpgsproutlette6Sproutlettehttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/koigusocks4.jpgkoigusocks4Plain Koigu sockshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/31december.jpg31DecemberHoliday Jaywalkers, Hot Chocolate hat (which I finished, despite the photo), Plain dad socks.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/13september.jpg13SeptemberCamp-out Mitts, Simple Skyp Socks, Camomile Mittshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/13october.jpg13OctoberBurrard cardigan, Stepping-Stones (again!)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/13november.jpg13NovemberSaltburn socks, Rift hat, Charade socks, Charm shawl, Riverbank cowlhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/13may.jpg13MayHappy Street shawl, Monkey sockshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/13march.jpg13MarchScrollwork hat, Seafoam socks, Stepping-Stones, plain sockshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/13july.jpg13JulyWillowherb socks, Kit Camisolehttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/13january.jpg13JanuaryClockwise from top left: Cedarvale mittens, baby hat, and moose gloves2014-01-14T14:22:01+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/01/01/the-year-in-knitting/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/flaneursocks1.jpgflaneursocks1These were my first cables, and considering I designed the socks myself, I'd say they worked out pretty well. They are probably my most-worn pair, and I love everything about them.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cranberrysocks2.jpgcranberrysocks2I kind of wish I'd gone with white instead of grey (I waffled on it in the shop), but maybe the grey makes them less Christmasy?2014-01-01T15:51:34+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/12/31/thinking-ahead/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/future-socks.jpgfuture socksFuture socks. From top to bottom, left to right: Koigu KPPPM P615; Jill Draper Makes Stuff Splendor Sock in Violet's Wardrobe, Tosh Sock in Spectrum; Hedgehog Fibres Twist Sock in Peasant (already cast on), Manos del Uruguay Alegria in A9537, and Fleece Artist Merino 2/6 in Autumn, Blackberry, and Earth.2014-01-14T14:21:18+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/12/29/holiday-socks/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/christmas-socks5.jpgchristmas-socks5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/christmas-socks4.jpgchristmas-socks4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/christmas-socks3.jpgchristmas-socks32013-12-30T23:11:20+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/12/28/what-i-knit-this-christmas-2/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/saltburn6.jpgsaltburn6Even with all the cabling, I have almost half a skein of the main colour left.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/riverbank4.jpgriverbank4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/riverbank3b.jpgriverbank3bI really love how this turned out.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dadsocks3.jpgdadsocks3Dad socks.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/charm3.jpgcharm3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/charade5.jpgcharade5I have not managed to get a proper shot of these since finishing them, but oh well.2013-12-30T19:08:50+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/12/20/the-view-from-here/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/swissmas1.jpgswissmas1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/christmas-socks1.jpgchristmas-socks1It's late in the day so the light is kind of crappy. The green isn't actually quite that dark, but you get the idea.2013-12-24T20:42:17+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/12/24/a-swissmas-miracle/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/swissmas5.jpgswissmas5The view from the refuge (at about 3,000 metres) where we took a coffee break yesterday. (Photo taken by my sister Jenny)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/christmas-socks2.jpgchristmas-socks2Holiday socks!2013-12-30T17:31:50+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/12/13/on-the-mend/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/repair9.jpgrepair9You can just see the ned red rungs through the gap. On the needle, the bottom stitch is the one that was left at the the bottom of the gap, and the top stitch is a new rung picked up through the gap. From here to the top, it's just like laddering up a dropped stitch.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/repair8.jpgrepair8Click to embiggen. On the left is the hole before building the "rungs"; on the right is after. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/repair7.jpgrepair7Ta-da!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/repair6.jpgrepair6Duplicate stitch looks a little clumsy initially, but L has been wearing these all week and now you can't even tell.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/repair5.jpgrepair5A little wobbly, but not too bad.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/repair3.jpgrepair3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/repair1.jpgrepair1Thank goodness this wool is so sticky.2013-12-21T15:04:39+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/12/10/now-is-not-the-time-for-complicated/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/koigu-p615.jpgKoigu-p615Surprise! (Are you tired of looking at the same projects all the time? I am a bit.) I have big plain-stockinette-socks plans for after the holidays. This Koigu features prominently.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dadsocks2.jpgdadsocks2Just an inch from dividing for the heel on sock #2.2013-12-14T00:22:02+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/12/01/peace-out-november/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dadsocks1.jpegdadsocks1I knit two rows past this point, decided they were too big, and ripped. I'm almost back to that point and feeling much better.2013-12-08T18:07:23+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/11/26/the-benefits-of-one-on-one-attention/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/charm2.jpgcharm2I never thought I'd be so enchanted by ruffles.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/charade4.jpgcharade4I am still so in love with this colourway.2013-11-29T14:15:53+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/11/22/notions/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/notions5.jpgnotions5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/notions4.jpgnotions4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/notions3.jpgnotions3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/notions2.jpgnotions2Click to embiggen, if you like.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/notions1.jpgnotions12013-11-26T19:36:59+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/11/19/good-mail-day/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/gynx-christmas.jpggynx-christmashttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/mail2.jpgmail2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/mail1.jpgmail12013-11-20T01:22:38+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/11/12/a-quick-update/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/casbah-rubyred.jpgcasbah-rubyredCasbah in Ruby Red (best guess, since she doesn't label her skeins) https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/charm1.jpgcharm1I am so taken with the squishiness of the garter stitch.2013-11-16T06:22:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/11/09/in-my-project-bag/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/bag2.jpgbag2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/bag1.jpgbag12013-11-12T07:58:24+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/11/04/socktober-debrief/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/saltburn5.jpgsaltburn5I'm farther along now than I was when I took this picture.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/charade3.jpgcharade3Mushroom Hunting is a perfect, perfect name for this colour.2013-11-06T18:58:06+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/10/29/a-change-is-as-good-as-a-rest/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/riverbank1.jpgriverbank1SweetGeorgia SW Worsted in China Doll (which guarantees I get the David Bowie song stuck in my head every time I pick this up.)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/riverbank2.jpgriverbank2I really love this super-dense ribbing.2013-11-05T00:45:33+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/10/25/i-dont-know-why-im-surprised/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/toshvint-tart.jpgtoshvint-tartSeven skeins of Tosh Vintage in Tart, more than enough for any sweater I want to knit.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/kettle-dustymiller2.jpgkettle-dustymiller2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/kettle-dustymiller.jpgkettle-dustymillerFour skeins of Falkland in Dusty Miller.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/kettle.jpgkettle2013-11-05T00:41:33+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/10/22/my-favourite-time-of-year-2/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/saltburn4.jpgsaltburn4For once, it occurred to me to take before and after shots at the beginning of the weekend.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fall7.jpgfall7https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fall6.jpgfall6View of the city centre from the back of the old quarry, with the Brickworks buildings in the foreground. You just just see the CN Tower over to the right.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fall5.jpgfall5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fall4.jpgfall4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fall3.jpgfall3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fall2.jpgfall2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fall1.jpgfall1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/charade2.jpgcharade22013-11-05T00:31:13+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/10/18/stepping-out/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/steps5.jpgsteps5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/steps4.jpgsteps42013-10-31T11:51:48+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/10/15/heels-and-toes/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/djinni-mushroom3.jpgdjinni-mushroom3Dragonfly Fibers Djinni Sock in Mushroom Hunting. I can't get enough of this colourway.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/steps3.jpgsteps3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/saltburn2.jpgsaltburn22013-10-16T19:52:59+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/10/08/pure-planning-bliss/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/thimble.jpgthimbleA practical purchase. Last year, I got quite a gash on my finger from all the knitting with sharp little needles. This year, I'm prepared.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bts-artifact2.jpgBTS-artifact2Brooklyn Tweed Shelter in Artifact, destined to be this hat.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bt-loft.jpgBT-loftBrooklyn Tweed Loft in Almanac and Foothills, which I plan to use for this hat in January.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/anzula-rootbeer.jpganzula-rootbeerAnzula Squishy in Rootbeer – I am have a bit of a shawl moment right now, and I think this would gorgeous as the Sagano Shawl by Laura Chau. Thoughts?2013-10-20T22:12:37+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/10/03/bonjour-burrard/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/burrard18.jpgburrard18https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/burrard17.jpgburrard17https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/burrard16.jpgburrard16https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/burrard15.jpgburrard15https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/burrard14.jpgburrard14L wasn't home so I took the tripod and did a bunch of fancy selfies.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/burrard13.jpgburrard13https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/burrard12.jpgburrard122013-10-20T18:16:19+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/10/01/october-is-for-socks/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/steps2.jpgsteps2Stepping-Stones, being knit in Indigodragonfly Superwash DK in Fringe Over Troubled Waterhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/saltburn1.jpgsaltburn1Jill Draper Makes Stuff Splendor Sock in Cobalthttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/lsocks1.jpgLsocks1Dragonfly Fibers Djinni Sock in Mushroom Huntinghttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/baldersquash1.jpgbaldersquash1Indigodragonfly Bleats, Shoots & Leaves in Baldersquash (everything about this yarn is amazing, including the name.)2013-10-08T17:36:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/09/27/were-sorry-burrard-cant-come-to-the-phone-right-now/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/burrard11.jpgburrard11https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/benbow6.jpgbenbow6I knit both of these socks from the same skein, but they looks totally different. Somehow, the second half of the skein had way, way more of that rusty orange colour. I love that about hand painted yarns, especially with a pattern like this one.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/benbow4.jpgbenbow4I'm still working on the whole selfie-sock-photo thing. I'm getting better though.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/benbow3.jpgbenbow3I kind of love the weird way colours pool around a flap heel. It should bother me, but it's so unpredictable I almost look forward to it.2013-09-27T18:06:12+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/09/24/wool-in-the-wild/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/campmitts3.jpgcampmitts3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/campmitts2.jpgcampmitts2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/campmitts1.jpgcampmitts1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/camping3.jpgcamping3This pink sky at night did indeed portend a sailor's (or, canoeist's) delight the next day.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/camping2.jpgcamping2Here I am, trying to start a fire (with great success a few minutes later). For the record, I'm wearing wool socks, hiking boots, two pairs of pants, a wicking t-shirt, a wool base layer, a medium-weight base layer, a fleece jacket, a rain coat, my shawl, and mitts – and I was still cold.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/camping1.jpgcamping12013-11-05T02:42:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/09/17/first-things-first/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/burrard10.jpgburrard10Half-seamed set-in sleeve. So far so good, I think.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/downtherabbithole4.jpgDownTheRabbitHole42013-09-18T17:43:57+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/09/10/lit-knits-giveaway/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/avonlea3_litknits_medium2.jpgAvonlea3_LitKnits_medium2Avonlea, photo by Audry Nicklin, from Ravelryhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/blackbeautyrideson3_litknits_medium2.jpgBlackBeautyRidesOn3_LitKnits_medium2Black Beauty Rides On, photo by Audry Nicklin, from Ravelryhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/litknits_bookcover.jpgLitKnits_bookcoverLit Knits by Audry Nicklinhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sailtotreasureisland1_litknits_medium2.jpgSailToTreasureIsland1_LitKnits_medium2Sail to Treasure Island, photo by Audry Nicklin, from Ravelryhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/motoringmadness1_litknits_medium2.jpgMotoringMadness1_LitKnits_medium2Motoring Madness, photo by Audry Nicklin, from Ravelry.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/deepseawanderer4_litknits_medium2.jpgDeepSeaWanderer4_LitKnits_medium2Deep Sea Wanderer, photo by Audry Nicklin, from Ravelry2013-09-17T13:27:41+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/09/09/marriage-mittens/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/camomile4.jpgcamomile4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/camomile3.jpgcamomile3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/camomile2.jpgcamomile2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/camomile.jpgcamomile2013-09-22T16:21:23+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/09/05/something-new/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/basket2.jpgbasket2Interior.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/basket1.jpgbasket1Ganymede included for scale (and also because she was curious).2013-09-09T13:42:49+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/09/02/back-at-it/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/burrard9.jpgburrard9https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/burrard8.jpgburrard82013-09-06T01:57:36+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/08/29/i-did-not-get-lost-in-boston/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/boston9.jpgboston9View from the end of Fan Pier. I love that waterfront architecture.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/boston8.jpgboston8See what I mean about the window boxes?https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/boston7.jpgboston7So tempting.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/boston6.jpgboston6One thing I learned by walking everywhere: Boston knows how to do window boxes.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/boston5.jpgboston5Freedom! (as long as you follow the path)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/boston4.jpgboston4These globes (each one meant to demonstrate green living) were everywhere. I loved that this one is wearing a rooftop garden like a jaunty hat.2013-09-01T04:14:38+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/08/20/guess-where-i-am/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/boston3.jpgboston3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/boston2.jpgboston2Prayer flags for victims of the Boston bombing.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/boston1.jpgboston1Hotel room view.2013-12-21T15:06:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/08/16/slightly-odd-socks/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/benbow2.jpgbenbow2Knit in Dragonfly Fibers Djinni Sock in the Admiral Benbow colourway.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/koigusocks5.jpgkoigusocks5The two skeins knit up really differently. The first sock barely pooled at all (except around the gusset, which is to be expected), but the second sock flashed like crazy. This is why hand painted yarns are fun.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/koigusocks4.jpgkoigusocks4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/koigusocks3.jpgkoigusocks3After the weekend.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/koigusocks2.jpgkoigusocks2iPhoto tells me this was taken July 5.2013-08-20T22:39:16+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/08/12/second-verse-better-than-the-first/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/burrard6.jpgburrard6I have colour coded the cables to prevent mis-crossing from happening again. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/burrard7.jpgburrard7Late-night phone picture of frogged yarn. It felt so good to get past the crinkly yarn into fresh stuff again.2013-08-13T11:47:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/08/09/oh-damn/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/burrard5.jpgBurrard5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/burrard4.jpgBurrard4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/burrard3.jpgBurrard32013-08-13T11:35:57+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/08/06/oh-this-old-thing/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/kit13.jpgkit13https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/kit15.jpgkit15https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/kit14.jpgkit142013-08-08T17:41:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/08/01/jangly-cables/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/burrard2.jpgBurrard2Sorry about the boring photo – the lighting around here sucks today. Anyway, I pinned it out for the photo, but I'll wait to block it with the other front, so they match.2013-08-07T18:30:37+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/07/25/it-starts-now/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/burrard1.jpgburrard12013-07-26T15:43:59+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/07/23/meanwhile-behind-the-scenes/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/willowherb7.jpgwillowherb7https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/willowherb6.jpgwillowherb62013-09-06T00:41:09+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/07/18/planning-ahead/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/louet-merlin.jpglouet-merlinLouet MerLin in Steel Grey.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cascade-greyish.jpgcascade-greyishCascade 220 in Liberty Heather (a sort of purplish grey)2013-07-23T06:48:04+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/07/16/kit-kit-kit-kit-kit/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kit11.jpgkit11https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kit10.jpgkit10https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kit9.jpgkit9https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kit8.jpgKit82016-06-26T18:17:25+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/07/10/sticking-with-it/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kit6.jpgkit6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kit7.jpgkit72013-07-11T18:28:56+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/07/05/restless-restless/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/koigusocks2.jpgkoigusocks2These have been on the needles forever, and I like that they're there when I just need a row or two of mindless knitting in fun colours.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kit5.jpgkit5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/restless.jpgrestlessClockwise from top left: Dragonfly yarns Dragon Sock in Mushroom Hunting B-Side and Djinni Sock in Admiral Benbow; Tosh Sock in Celadon and Cousteau; and Malabrigo Sock in Lettuce.2013-07-08T21:19:15+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/06/30/signed-sealed-delivered/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sproutlette6.jpgsproutlette6Ta-da!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sproutlette4.jpgsproutlette4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sporutlette5.jpgsporutlette52013-07-08T20:17:44+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/06/20/kit-is-coming-along/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sproutlet1.jpgsproutlet1Malabrigo Sock in Lettuce. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/kit4.jpgkit4That 2.5 inches of rolled hem represents close to eight hours of work. So sad.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/kit3.jpgkit3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/kit2.jpgkit2There was less of this than I was hoping for, but I snuck in backyard knitting where I could.2013-06-24T14:41:40+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/06/14/and-were-off-almost/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/willowherb4.jpgwillowherb4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/kit1.jpgkit1This will become a tank top. Yes it will.2013-06-20T14:29:18+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/06/10/a-lemon/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/euroflax-golden2.jpgeuroflax-golden2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/winding8.jpgwinding8https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/winding7.jpgwinding7Three partial balls and a giant tangle. 2013-06-12T16:56:02+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/06/07/flip-flop/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/euroflax-golden1.jpgeuroflax-golden1I was actually going to buy purple, but I even changed my mind about that when I saw the yellow.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dyeguy-frontdoor.jpgdyeguy-frontdoor2013-06-09T16:16:02+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/05/31/no-safety-pint-required/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/willowherb3.jpgwillowherb3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/willowherb2.jpgwillowherb2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/willowherb1.jpgwillowherb12013-06-05T19:49:34+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/05/28/cheerful-toes/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/monkeys10.jpgmonkeys10https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/monkeys9.jpgmonkeys9https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/monkeys8.jpgmonkeys8https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/monkeys7.jpgmonkeys72013-05-29T07:57:26+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/05/24/tangerine-melon-squash-terracota-it-all-adds-up-to-the-same-thing/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/oranges.jpgorangesLeft to right: Indigodragonfly Merino Sock in "Safety Pin or Safety Pint: Discuss" for Willowherb; Quince & Co. Finch in "Nasturtium" for Grace; and Indigodragonfly Bleats, Shoots & Leaves in "Baldersquash" for Daphne.2013-05-29T20:05:07+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/05/21/happy-street/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sweetstreet11.jpgsweetstreet11https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sweetstreet10.jpgsweetstreet10https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sweetstreet9.jpgsweetstreet92013-05-23T15:09:33+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/05/17/wild-monkeys/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/monkeys6.jpgmonkeys6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/monkeys5.jpgmonkeys5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/monkeys4.jpgmonkeys4I'm using SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock in Honey Fig.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/monkeys3.jpgmonkeys32013-05-22T16:28:36+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/05/14/almost-as-planned/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sweetstreet7.jpgsweetstreet7https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sweetstreet8.jpgsweetstreet82013-05-18T18:06:07+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/05/07/very-looooong-stripes/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sweetstreet6.jpgsweetstreet6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sweetstreet5.jpgsweetstreet5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sweetstreet4.jpgsweetstreet4At this gauge, the garter stitch is so wonderfully plump.2013-05-12T22:36:26+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/05/03/from-the-frolic/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/toshsock-frolic.jpgtoshsock-frolichttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/toshsock-spectrum.jpgtoshsock-spectrumhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/toshsock-mapleleaf.jpgtoshsock-mapleleafThe exact colour of new leaves. This colour is everywhere and it is my favourite.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/toshdk-cosmos.jpgtoshDK-cosmoshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/indigo-safety.jpgindigo-safetyOrange!2013-05-07T18:22:49+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/04/29/sweet-street/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sweetstreet3.jpgsweetstreet3Sweet Streethttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sweetfibre-luna.jpgsweetfibre-lunaSuper Sweet Sock in Luna.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sweetfiber-spanishcoin.jpgsweetfiber-spanishcoinSuper Sweet Sock in Spanish Coin.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sweetfiber-early.jpgsweetfiber-earlySuper Sweet Sock in Early Spring.2013-05-03T06:40:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/04/26/good-news-will-come-to-you-by-mail/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hedgehog-unforgiven.jpghedgehog-unforgivenAnd, because it's silly to order one skein of yarn all the way from Ireland, Twist Sock in Unforgiven.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hedgehog-pheasant.jpgHedgehog-pheasantHedgehog Fibres Twist Sock in Pheasant.2013-04-29T14:30:21+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/04/23/two-hummingbirds-and-a-hedgehog/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hummingbirds5.jpghummingbirds5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hummingbirds4.jpghummingbirds4Finished socks, bad camera angle. Sorry.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hummingbirds3.jpghummingbirds32013-05-13T15:33:51+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/04/20/still-in-season/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/woorstove15.jpgwoorstove15And buttoning the million buttons back up.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/woodstove14.jpgwoodstove14https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/woodstove13.jpgwoodstove13It typically flaps less when worn open, but you get the idea.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/woodstove12.jpgwoodstove12https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/woodstove11.jpgwoodstove11So windy.2013-05-04T06:13:26+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/04/15/the-week-that-was/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/woodstove10.jpgwoodstove10Part of a pocket for my Woodstove Season cardigan. After wearing it a few times without pockets, I'm actually reconsidering my plan, so I might put these away for now. They can always go on later if I change my mind.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/koigusocks1.jpgkoigusocks1Plain socks, knit in Koigu KPPPM #P123https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hunter1.jpghunter1Hunter St. Cowl. Lace always looks bad before it's blocked, but I am loving this pattern (and this colour). I think I managed to knit four rows on this last week. Part of me thought it would be done by now.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hummingbirds2.jpghummingbirds2The second Hummingbird sock, which I'm knitting Hedgehog Fibres sock, which might just be my new favourite sock yarn.2013-04-16T17:53:09+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/04/08/that-wet-wool-smell/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/luckypenny.jpgluckypennyDespite the greys in the photo, this is knitting up to look just like tarnished copper. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/woodstove9.jpgwoodstove9I can't believe I didn't mess up a single chevron. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/woodstove8.jpgwoodstove8This funny ombre effect is not there in real life. 2013-04-10T14:56:02+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/04/01/fruitful/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/woodstove7.jpgwoodstove7This was the best I could come up with for photos. Sorry. I'm just going to buckle down and finish it and then wear it, which will make it look more like a cardigan and less like squiggly wool.2013-04-03T05:35:38+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/03/30/seafoam-socks/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/seasfoamsocks4.jpgseasfoamsocks4I do wish I'd not been so lazy with the first pair and knit a 1x1 rib for the cuff, but oh well.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/seasfoamsocks3.jpgseasfoamsocks32013-04-01T21:28:52+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/03/26/oh-eleuthra-id-go-back-in-a-heartbeat/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/eleuthra8.jpgeleuthra8The view from the veranda.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/eleuthra7.jpgeleuthra7I'm avoiding family photos, since I didn't ask first, so instead I give you dolphins! These look like they're in a pool, but they're 100% wild and we saw them when leaving Spanish Wells, the cold, colonial town/island off Eleuthra's northwest side.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/eleuthra6.jpgeleuthra6Ben Bay Beach (at the northern tip of the island) was an amazing beach. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/eleuthra5.jpgeleuthra5It tended to cloud over at night, so there weren't many great sunsets, but boy, when the sunset was visible, it was stunning.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/eleuthra4.jpgeleuthra4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/eleuthra3.jpgeleuthra3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/eleuthra2.jpgeleuthra2The beach outside Tippy's, which had the best pina colada and mojito I've ever tasted. Ever. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/eleuthra11.jpgeleuthra1Rainbow Bay Beach. You can see our house just up the shore (it has the gazebo).2013-03-27T15:05:17+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/03/22/snow-on-re-entry/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/steppingstones6.jpgsteppingstones6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/steppingstones5.jpgsteppingstones5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/steppingstones4.jpgsteppingstones4This one is less lovely, but he thought a behind-the-scenes shot would be hilarious, so...https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/steppingstones3.jpgsteppingstones3Finished Stepping-Stones.2013-03-30T19:06:10+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/03/13/beach-holiday/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/steppingstones2.jpgsteppingstones2My mum asked for red socks, and now I have a knitting project that refuses to be well photographed. Sigh. They're almost this vibrant in person.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/shaelyn3.jpgshaelyn3I have barely knit on this thing and it's growing like crazy. I have two skeins of this yarn, so I haven't decided yet how big to knit it (I'm thinking medium to large).https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/eleuthra1.jpgeleuthra1Since I'm already bringing back-up yarn for both the shawl and my mum's socks, adding another one isn't that much more.2013-03-13T16:23:37+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/03/11/a-hat-too-late/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/scrollhat5.jpgscrollhat5I guess there was too much halo for the cables. I still think this yarn will make a toasty hat.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/scrollhat4.jpgscrollhat4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/scrollhat3.jpgscrollhat3Finished just in time to not need it! This is how people who don't wear hats plan hat knitting I guess.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/scrollhat2.jpgscrollhat2Right around here I started to wonder if maybe it wasn't looking a little short.2013-03-12T14:06:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/03/06/serious-startitis-shawl-edition/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/casbah-lupins.jpgcasbah-lupinsI'm not actually sure which of these skeins I started with, but I think it might be the one on the left.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/shaelyn2.jpgshaelyn2I mean, it looks crappy right now, but when it's blocked it should be okay I think.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/shaelyn1.jpgshaelyn1Two repeats in and I'm smitten.2013-03-12T02:11:49+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/03/04/opposite-socks/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/unisonosocks3.jpgunisonosocks3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/unisonosocks2.jpgunisonosocks2L was away this weekend, so these will have to do. You can kind of see the opposite-ness, though.2013-03-04T18:33:56+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/02/27/cute-because-its-tiny/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/puerperium5.jpgpuerperium5I think it's the black-ish bits that make me think camo. Otherwise, it's all soft and shifting teals and purples, which I love.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/puerperium4.jpgpuerperium4I have buttoned and unbuttoned this cardigan several times, and the star points are not as annoying as I feared.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/puerperium3.jpgpuerperium3Ta da! this photo really doesn't represent how little this sweater is.2013-11-22T16:46:25+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/02/18/new-sock-day/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/unisono_blue.jpgunisono_blueZitron Unisono sport weight in colourway 1220. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/everydaysocks6.jpgeverydaysocks6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/everydaysocks5.jpgeverydaysocks5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/everydaysocks4.jpgeverydaysocks42013-02-19T20:32:18+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/02/12/lots-of-snow-means-lots-of-knitting/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/woodstove6.jpgwoodstove6I wish I'd taken a photo on Saturday morning, because I just about doubled the size of my Woodstove cardigan.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/snowday2.jpgsnowday2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/snowday1.jpgsnowday1After long grey days, snow really brightens everything up.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/scrollhat2.jpgscrollhat2I can sometimes be a reactionary knitter, thus, a new hat. This is Scrollwork by Irini Dmitrieva and I'm knitting it out of Brooklyn Tweed Shelter in Plume.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/everydaysocks3.jpgeverydaysocks3And, last but not least, I'm making good progress on my Everyday Socks. They're good TV knitting, and with the cold, I'm extra motivated to get another pair of socks finished.2013-02-12T18:24:42+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/02/08/what-a-difference-a-year-makes/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/honeyfig1.jpghoneyfig1SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock in Honey Fig. It's more purple than pink (despite this picture) and even though it isn't remotely like what I normally go for, I could not resist. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/books1.jpgbooks1I don't usually take advantage of Ganymede in this way, but a photo of books is much more exciting with a cat in it.2013-02-11T19:54:57+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/02/05/effing-magestic/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/moosegloves11.jpgmoosegloves11https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/moosegloves10b.jpgmoosegloves10bhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/moosegloves9.jpgmoosegloves9https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/moosegloves8.jpgmoosegloves8https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/moosegloves7.jpgmoosegloves7https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/moosegloves6.jpgmoosegloves6I still can't believe how much they look like moose.2013-02-08T17:13:26+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/02/02/february-is-for-focusing/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/woodstove5.jpgwoodstove5I love this colour. I am also totally smitten by these chevrons. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/headband1.jpgheadband1I got this yarn (and two more skeins just like it) for Christmas. This skein, or part of it, is destined to be a headband.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/diamondmitts2.jpgdiamondmitts2In progress. I'm already knit and ripped and reknit a couple of times, but I think I've got it more or less figured out now.2013-02-08T16:17:03+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/01/30/not-quite-a-pair/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/seafoamsocks2.jpgseafoamsocks2A basic 3x1 ribbed sock in Fleece Artist BFL sock, colourway Seafoam. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/seasfoamsocks1.jpgseasfoamsocks1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/mismatched.jpgmismatchedhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/everydaysocks2.jpgeverydaysocks2Hermione's Everyday Socks, knit in Tosh Sock colourway Jade. It turns out this particular combination is impossible to properly photograph on a cloudy day (the colour is more accurate on Ravelry).2013-01-30T22:37:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/01/26/new-york-yarn-shops/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bt2.jpgBT2Plume up close. I am in love with this colour.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bt1.jpgBT1Yum yum yum. The hayloft is really more mustard than green, but it's tricky to photograph.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nyc16.jpgNYC16https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nyc15.jpgNYC15https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nyc14.jpgNYC14https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nyc13.jpgNYC13Such a good idea.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nyc12.jpgNYC12https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nyc11.jpgNYC11Everything in the window was knitted, including the swans and trees, which L thought was pretty incredible. (He thought I should make sure to get a photo of the swan's feet on the blog, so take a good look.)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nyc10.jpgNYC10The reflections are annoying, but since taking a photo straight on was impossible, this was the best I could do.2013-01-29T19:37:47+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/01/22/two-and-a-half-days-in-new-york/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nyc9.jpgNYC9https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nyc8.jpgNYC8The High Line was a definite highlight. We started at 28th Street and walked all the way to the end, stopping for lunch at Chelsea Market. I cannot recommend this highly enough – what an awesome way to experience New York.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nyc7.jpgNYC7I love all the water towers on top of the downtown buildings. I'd never noticed them before, but I'm smitten.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nyc6.jpgNYC6The Chrysler Building is pretty magnificent.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nyc5.jpgNYC5Dinosaurs! I had never seen dinosaur skeletons before, so this was pretty cool. (We also saw the big sea life and North American mammals exhibits.)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nyc4.jpgNYC4More biodiversity. There was just so much to look at.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nyc3.jpgNYC3The Hall of Biodiversity wasn't even an exhibit we were intending to go to, but it was so full of lovely things we stopped in anyway.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nyc2.jpgNYC2Eat Ramen: This was near our friends' place and is their favourite ramen place. It did not disappoint. (This is L's bowl, since the veggie ramen, while delicious, was less photogenic.)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nyc1.jpgNYC1Central Park: We were staying on the Upper East Side, so it was close by. (This is, as best as I can figure, the bridge in Home Alone 2.)2013-01-23T15:48:57+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/01/21/needed-four-fingers-two-thumbs/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/moosegloves5.jpgmoosegloves5Backs! (I made a little mistake on the palm of the left glove, but it isn't bothering me, so I'm not ripping back. If I change my mind later, I'll duplicate stitch it.)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/moosegloves4.jpgmoosegloves4Fronts.2013-01-22T16:29:21+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/01/15/quickly-quickly/2013-01-15T19:30:07+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/01/11/theres-a-moose-in-these-mittens/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/moosegolves3.jpgmoosegolves3It really does look like a moose, doesn't it?https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/moosegloves2.jpgmoosegloves2The red is proving very hard to photograph and, while it is bright, it's not quite this garish.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fringesweater1.jpgfringesweater1The parents aren't telling whether it's a boy or a girl, but I think this can go either way. (In case you're curious, it's Indigodragonfly DK Superwash in "Fringe Over Troubled Water")2013-01-16T16:23:06+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/01/09/adding-a-little-to-the-top/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/turnasquare1.jpgturnasquare1There's no doubt that this hat has been well worn. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hatsurgery4.jpghatsurgery4Ta da! I realize I don't really have a "before" photo, but it looked just like this, only a little shorter.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hatsurgery3.jpghatsurgery3This makes it look worse than it was, but does explain why I opted to rip back to plain row even when that meant re-knitting a whole pattern repeat.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hatsurgery2.jpghatsurgery2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hatsurgery1.jpghatsurgery1It kind of looks like the hat exploded, doesn't it?2013-01-09T18:59:37+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2013/01/04/looking-ahead-to-2013/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/woodstove4.jpgwoodstove4The chevrons are just starting to be visible. (I'm knitting this in SweetGeorgia Superwash Worsted in Cyprus)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/moosegloves1.jpgmoosegloves1This is more yarn purchased at Gaspereau – this time New England Shetland in Red and Charcoal. The gloves will be grey with red moose.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/everydaysocks1.jpgeverydaysocks1Tosh Sock in Jade.2013-01-06T00:21:01+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/12/30/what-i-knit-this-christmas/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/teacozy7.jpgteacozy7I don't know why the colours came out like this in the photo. They're much more accurate here.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/lillies6.jpglillies6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/lillies5.jpglillies5The back of the thumbs are surprise stripes! (The thumbs are also made up because I forgot the chart at home.)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/horatio1.jpghoratio1L has proclaimed this hat "very warm."https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/daphne8.jpgdaphne8I am going to have to knit myself a pair of these very soon I think. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dadhat2.jpgdadhat2Next time I knit this, I'm charting it.2012-12-30T22:58:47+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/12/28/all-over-but-the-kahlua/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cranberrysocks3.jpgcranberrysocks32013-01-16T16:00:16+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/12/19/i-can-see-the-finish-line/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/lilllies2.jpglilllies2So close!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/lillies3.jpglillies3I don't know what it says about me that I always like the palm side of fair-isle mittens the best. 2012-12-27T19:54:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/12/26/its-boxing-day-and-the-knitting-is-easy/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/christmas2012.jpgchristmas2012https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cranberrysocks1.jpgcranberrysocks1I was just starting the pattern of the second sock on Christmas morning.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/blomidon4.jpgblomidon4The tide was mostly in when we started, but way out by the time we got back to the car.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/blomidon3.jpgblomidon3If you look closely, you can see that my dad is wearing his new hat.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/blomidon2.jpgblomidon2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/blomidon1.jpgblomidon12012-12-27T19:52:44+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/12/10/just-like-starting-over/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/lillies1.jpglillies1The colour is weird here, but it's a sort of light, leafy green with navy blue.2012-12-14T18:24:59+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/12/07/dancing-grannies/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dancinggrannies1.jpgdancinggrannies1About a third of the way through the hand.2012-12-16T21:45:11+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/12/04/problem-solved/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/teacozy6.jpgteacozy6Side view. This is very generous in size and an accurate portrayal of the colours.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/teacozy5.jpgteacozy5So much better than my previous attempt!2012-12-06T03:18:45+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/12/03/i-wish-id-looked-at-more-tea-cozies/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/teacozy4.jpgteacozy4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/teacozy3.jpgteacozy32012-12-04T19:24:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/11/30/milestones/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/grannymitts2.jpggrannymitts22012-12-01T16:39:10+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/11/24/reality-check/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/teacozy2.jpgteacozy2So, stripes: Too random? Just random enough?https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/christmas2.jpgchristmas2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/christmas1.jpgchristmas1Details on everything to be revealed in good time. But, on the off chance my family ignored my warnings, I don't want to be too specific yet.2012-11-25T00:51:49+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/11/21/elizabeth-zimmerman-made-me-do-it/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/woodstove3.jpgwoodstove3Two rows of ribbing. Sigh.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/woodstove2.jpgwoodstove2I'm knitting this in SweetGeorgia Superwash Worsted in Cypress.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/teacozy1.jpgteacozy1It's growing on me.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/equilateral1.jpgequilateral1I just cast this on last night. It's AslanTrends Royal Alpaca in Plum.2012-11-21T18:17:37+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/11/16/tentatively-on-schedule/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/daphne7.jpgdaphne7Colourway: Don't You Have an Elsewhere to Be? (Cordelia)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/daphne6.jpgdaphne6I'll have real photos after Christmas. Promise.2012-11-21T18:21:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/11/10/not-bad-for-a-saturday-morning/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/stoddart2.jpgstoddart2Um, yes please.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/stoddart1.jpgstoddart1Just the thing to relieve those February blues (or greys, whatever).2012-11-15T01:04:50+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/11/09/snapshot/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/woodstove1.jpgwoodstove1The swatch is boring, but the colour is lovely, no?https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/daphne5.jpgdaphne5I'm a few rows away from finishing the gusset shaping on sock number 2 – so close to finishing I can practically taste it!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/claudiamitts1.jpgclaudiamitts12012-11-09T19:21:23+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/11/07/socks-and-socks/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/seasfoamsocks1.jpgseasfoamsocks1These would neer be described as my colours, but I am totally loving them nonetheless.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/daphne4.jpgdaphne4Crappy picture, lovely socks. Let's pretend the bad quality is a way to retain the surprise in case my sister wanders over here, okay?2012-11-11T22:03:57+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/11/03/jaywalkers/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jaywalkers6.jpgjaywalkers6https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jaywalkers5.jpgjaywalkers5I think it's funny how on one sock the colours are pretty randomly stacked on the other they almost flash down the leg. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jaywalkers4.jpgjaywalkers4Finished at last!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jaywalkers3.jpgjaywalkers3I started these way back in September (here I am knitting them on our camping trip), but if I'd focused on them, they wouldn't have taken more than two weeks.2012-11-03T23:35:34+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/10/29/jaywalking-to-the-camera-shop/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/jaywalkers2.jpgjaywalkers22012-10-29T17:34:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/10/24/pumpkin-hat/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pumpkin-hat.jpgpumpkin hat2014-08-16T00:48:28+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/10/20/so-long-perfect-record/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/lonelytree2.jpglonelytree2The other reason I cast this on was because I needed something to break up all the sock action I had going on.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/jaywalkers1.jpgjaywalkers1One and a half socks.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/daphne3.jpgdaphne3Surprise!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/daphne2.jpgdaphne2One of my favourite things about lace socks is that they're a surprise when you put them on.2012-10-21T15:29:02+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/10/16/wedding-mittens/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/carmensam.jpgcarmensamYes, their wedding had an ice cream truck. Amazing, right?https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/carmen4.jpgcarmen4I had to take photos on kind of an overcast day. Nonetheless, they look okay.2012-10-17T16:21:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/10/12/thanksgiving-shawl/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oaklet4.jpgoaklet4I also kind of wish I'd added more lace.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oaklet3.jpgoaklet3The colours are perfect for fall, no?2012-10-12T21:39:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/10/02/a-trick-of-the-light/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oaklet2.jpgoaklet2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oaklet1.jpgoaklet1I'm about two-thirds of the way through the stockinette/eyelet portionhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/leaves.jpgleavesThis is a gratuitous leaf photo because I'm excited about fall.2012-10-03T00:44:43+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/09/28/in-a-tight-spot/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/weddingmitts5.jpgweddingmitts5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/weddingmitts4.jpgweddingmitts4https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/weddingmitts3.jpgweddingmitts32012-09-29T14:33:55+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/09/24/fair-isle-is-a-good-gift/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/weddingmitts2.jpgweddingmitts2This is kind of a crapy photo since it's overcast today, but you get the idea.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/weddingmitts1.jpgweddingmitts1Palm plus ribbing. The red yarn there is holding my thumb stitches. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/babygardercardi2.jpgbabygardercardi2I am teaching this little cardigan at EweKnit, so I had to knit up a shop sample. Cute, right?2012-09-25T12:48:31+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/09/20/indecision/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/nswool41.jpgnswool4These two skeins come in at about 710 yards, which should be almost enough to knit whatever I want.2012-09-23T19:27:05+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/09/13/yarn-crawl/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/nswool8.jpgnswool8Gaspereau Valley Fibre's designated greeter.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/nswool7.jpgnswool7I swear I didn't notice the sheep sign when we pulled in.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/nswool6.jpgnswool6Look at me, knitting my Spruce Jaywalkers, not even thinking about the yarn in the car. So dedicated.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/nswool5.jpgnswool5Samya looks skeptical, but I think that's because I stole her bench.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/nswool4.jpgnswool4Honestly, how could I pass this up?https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/nswool3.jpgnswool3Two skeins of Lupin, which is enough to make almost any shawl I want, plus a skein in Bras d'Or Lakes, which will become socks, probably for my mum.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/nswool2.jpgnswool2I am pretty much sold on Bláithín now, I must say.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/nswool1.jpgnswool1Originally, I was going to get a dark blue, but then L pointed out that I always wear blue, and I looked down at my outfit ready to contradict him and realized I was, indeed, wearing all blue. I think green is a nice spice up.2012-09-14T16:41:34+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/09/10/if-its-going-to-rain-its-good-to-be-at-home/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ns22.jpgNS22Another view of Blomidon, this time including mud flats! The tides in the Bay of Fundy (and the Minas Basin) are the highest in the world, and the water level rises and falls 50 vertical feet twice a day. Thus, when the tide is out, there are kilometres of mud flats, and when it's in, everything is covered.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ns21.jpgNS21My parents (especially my dad) do gardening on a different scale than most people. This is the eating shelter in the walled garden in the meadow. Yeah, I know.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ns20.jpgNS20In addition to the walled garden, the traditional walk also includes the ponds, which are in the ravine behind the house.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ns18.jpgNS18It's kind of amazing to think that this park juts out into the water beside the Halifax seaport and is still so lovely and wild-seeming.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ns17.jpgNS17Walking around the "garden" (my parents have 5 acres) is a singular pleasure, and often the cats will trot along with you. Here they are (Cosma on the left, Samya on the right) doing a sort of synchronized rolling routine in the bocci court. It was adorable.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ns16.jpgNS16I think visiting twice each time I'm home is totally reasonably and normal behaviour. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ns15.jpgNS15It was a grey day, but the view from Muir Murray (that's Blomidon on the horizon) is always gorgeous. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ns14.jpgNS14While I do not know what kind of grape this is (it's about a month from harvest, though), I can tell you it was at the Sainte-Famille winery.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ns13.jpgNS13Would you just look at that concentration?2012-09-11T03:14:14+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/08/31/august-paging-august/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/doublish4.jpgdoublish4I bought two skeins of Nebula because I was worried about yardage (I am always worried about yardage, but the pattern was pretty specific on this point) and have an entire unwound skein leftover. I was thinking about exchanging it for another colour – unless you have a better idea?https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/spruce1.jpgspruce1This is a very accurate depiction of the colours in these socks. I love them. I wouldn't even rip this back (despite my Jaywalker desire) if I wasn't already feeling they were going to be to big. Sort of serendipitous really.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/carmen2.jpgcarmen2This will be mittens. It will. I'll wind it just as soon as I'm home.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/doublish3.jpgdoublish3This is kind of a little shawl, I admit, but under a light sweater or jacket it's perfect. I already want to make another one (though maybe slightly larger).2012-09-01T01:09:41+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/08/29/the-perils-of-the-best-laid-plans/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/away4.jpgaway4You can't quite tell, but the water is tropical to look at. Even though it was cold, because you can jump in I did a lot swimming. I love swimming.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/away3.jpgaway3The rocks at Half-Way Log Dump (in the Bruce Peninsula National Park) are pretty fantastic. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/away2.jpgaway2It was overcast and grey on the second night, but as you can see, the first night more than made up for it. Spectacular, it was.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/away1.jpgaway1We stayed in a different cottage this time around. Here's the view from the deck (I spent some lovely time knitting on that dock.)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/leftovers8.jpgleftovers8Leftover sock 1 all finished and nice looking, and leftover sock 2 just before the heel with a deceptive amount of yarn still in the ball.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/leftovers7.jpgleftovers7https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/leftovers6.jpgleftovers6Leftovers from the leftovers. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/leftovers5.jpgleftovers5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/leftovers4.jpgleftovers4Sigh.2012-08-30T17:37:01+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/08/24/everyone-is-swatching-for-the-weekend/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/spruce.jpgspruceFleece Artist BFL sock in Spruce. It's a mix of dark green, dark blue, lighter green, and yellow. Should be interesting.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/leftovers3.jpgleftovers3Leftover socks! Still leftover, but almost done.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/daphne1.jpgdaphne1Swatched on 2.75 mm needles, for 8 stitches = 1 inch. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/carmen1.jpgcarmen1Swatch in progress. Grr.2012-08-28T13:56:23+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/08/19/tiny-garment-at-top-speed/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/babyroud7.jpgbabyroud7Folded and on top of the pile. I know I shouldn't read anything into that, but I am anyway.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/babyroud6.jpgbabyroud6Saturday, 10 a.m. It isn't dry, but it's a finished sweater, albeit a tiny one.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/babyroud5.jpgbabyroud5Saturday, 2 a.m. The shower is now less than 12 hours away.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/babyroud4.jpgbabyroud4Midnight on Friday. I am now getting worried. Also tired.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/babyroud3.jpgbabyroud3Kind of funny looking, right?https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/babyroud2.jpgbabyroud2Just look at how smooth and easy to see they are!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/babyroud1.jpgbabyroud1Sunday. (Somehow, the fact that it took me six days to reach this point didn't worry me.)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/babyroud8.jpgbabyroud8Dan and Jess. You can't see it, because Jess is wearing a black shirt and sitting in a black chair, but she is very pregnant. It totally suits her.2012-08-19T14:53:00+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/07/30/tobermory-weekend/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tobermory7.jpgtobermory7Oh yes, the knitting. This is Doublish by Ales Tinsley, and it's going very well, if I do say so myself. More on that later.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tobermory8.jpgtobermory8This looks like the Caribbean, but I assure you it's in Ontario, and that the water is freezing. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tobermory6.jpgtobermory6Sunset, night 3.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tobermory5.jpgtobermory5Sunset, night 2.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tobermory4.jpgtobermory4Sunset, night 1.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tobermory3.jpgtobermory3Very strange rocks at the water's edge.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tobermory2.jpgtobermory2The shore in the evening.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tobermory1.jpgtobermory1Gin and tonic may be the ultimate cottage drink.2012-07-30T18:39:30+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/07/23/book-report-canlit-knit/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/canlitknit2.jpgcanlitknit2The knitting: Emma's socks (red), Allegra's blanket, Katie's top, and my sock .(Jeanne's yarn bombing is missing because she was worried about missing her train, and I didn't think to get one until we were all leaving).https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/canlitknit1.jpgcanlitknit1The people (clockwise): Emma's hands (she somehow didn't quite make it in the shot), Allegra, Katie, Jeanne, me, Carrie. We're less red in person.2013-01-30T14:37:08+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/07/25/cols-soba-noodle-salad/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/sobasalad1.jpgsobasalad1It's weird how the combination of soba noodles and shiitakes make it look like there's seafood in there, but I assure you it was 100% vegetarian.2012-07-25T16:02:57+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/07/20/mitten-surprise/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/debby8.jpgdebby8Not quite my style, but a success nonetheless.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/debby7.jpgdebby7There is meant to be a ribbon threaded through those eyelets at the wrist, but I don't have any, so maybe you could just use your imagination?https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/debby4.jpgdebby4Proper flowers on both sides, plus a flat thumb.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/debby3.jpgdebby3Er. This is very clearly wrong.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/debby2.jpgdebby2This is right.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/debby6.jpgdebby6Photographed against a dark background for contrast.2012-07-20T17:28:36+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/07/11/new-skills/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/swatch3.jpgswatch3I can't take a picture of my own hands, so, uh, here's another picture of the swatch. Sorry.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/swatch2.jpgswatch2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/swatch1.jpgswatch1And, yes, another shot. In case all this swatching has made you wildly curious, the yarn is Cascade 220 Heathers in colourway 9450 – it's sort of a soft green-grey.2012-07-14T19:33:10+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/04/27/very-slow-progress/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/buckwheat3.jpgbuckwheat3Todayhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/buckwheat2.jpgbuckwheat2April 20.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/buckwheat1.jpgbuckwheat1April 10, barely beyond the ribbing and before my dedicated sweater knitting plan.2012-07-10T13:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/06/15/friday-randoms/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/buckwheat4.jpgbuckwheat4That black line indicates about where I was when I picked it up after finishing Colour Affection on Saturday.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/all-wound-up.jpgall wound up2012-07-10T13:51:39+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/06/19/and-then-i-ripped/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/buckwheat6.jpgbuckwheat6...and, not I'm back down here again.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/buckwheat5.jpgbuckwheat5Here's where I was when I decided to try it on.2012-07-10T13:51:14+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/06/25/buttons-buttons-i-must-choose-some-buttons/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/buttons7.jpgbuttons7I don't know if this makes it easier or harder.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/buttons6.jpgbuttons6These are my 'artfully mismatched' selection. They're vintage, and both the same size and iridescent style, only in slightly different shades. They're also 2 cm.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/buttons5.jpgbuttons5Black, possibly wooden, hexagons. They're the required 2 cm.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/buttons4.jpgbuttons4These are .5cm larger than the size Veera calls for, but I like them and think that's not a big difference, so they're included.2012-07-10T13:50:50+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/07/10/buckwheat-sprouts-a-sleeve/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/buckwheat8.jpgbuckwheat8I think it looks like the mouth of a big fish...https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/buckwheat7.jpgbuckwheat7Please excuse the shadows – I refuse to close the blinds when it's lovely and sunny outside.2012-07-11T01:31:08+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/07/03/canada-day-leftovers/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/leftovers2.jpgleftovers2Leftover Socks, zipping right along.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/flower-2.jpgflower 2Hostas by the pool.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/flower1.jpgflower1Canna lilies in the backyard.2012-07-03T16:04:00+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/06/27/canlit-knit/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/tweet.pngtweet2012-06-27T20:12:27+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/06/18/yarn-accident/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/fleeceartist1.jpgfleeceartist1The whole haul. Sigh.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/fleeceartist6.jpgfleeceartist6Fleece Artist BFL sock in Seafoamhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/fleeceartist5.jpgfleeceartist5Fleece Artist BFL sock in Sprucehttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/fleeceartist4.jpgfleeceartist4Fleece Artist BFL socks in Blomidonhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/fleeceartist3.jpgfleeceartist3Fleece Artist Merino 2/6 in Nova Scotiahttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/fleeceartist2.jpgfleeceartist2Fleece Artist Merino 2/6 in Blackberry2012-06-18T21:50:34+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/06/12/adventures-in-tea-drinking-and-shopping-in-baku/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/baku3.jpgBaku3Jars and jars and jars of preserves. These are much, much larger than the jars of homemade jam I bought.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/baku2.jpgBaku2There is a whole section of the market dedicated to dried fruits and spices.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/balu14.jpgBaku14Azer Chay with strawberry jam. Delicious.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/baku8.jpgBaku8My parents bought a carpet. It's 50 years old or so (meaning it was dyed with vegetable dyes, not acid-based ones) and made entirely of wool. We spent a whole morning carpet shopping, and it is quite the art.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/baku10.jpgBaku10This a tablecloth I bought, all beautifully woven out of camel wool and silk. The motif is called the flame, and it's the national symbol of Azerbaijan – it's on everything.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/baku5.jpgBaku5The Maiden Tower, which was built in the 12th century. From the top you get an amazing view of the city and sea, and the breeze is very much appreciated after climbing up the many, many airless steps.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/baku4.jpgBaku4These grape vines are planted at street level and then trained up the wall to shade the upper balconies. You see this everywhere and I think it's genius!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/baku6.jpgBaku6I loved these dandelion-esque fountains.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/caucuses.jpgCaucusesWe were in the trio of little countries to the left.2013-10-22T18:55:45+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/06/11/stripes-on-stripes-colour-affection-is-finished/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/affection8.jpgaffection8It was really hard to get the whole thing in, but here it is (can you imagine it with an extra 40-inches of length? It was be huge!). https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/affection-7.jpgaffection 7Inspection.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/affection6.jpgaffection6So summery. So soft. So stripy. 2016-12-12T01:45:13+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/06/05/catching-up/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/versatile-blogger.pngversatile blogger2012-06-06T14:42:26+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/06/02/an-armenia-tour/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cascade7.jpgcascade7Armenian "pancake" stuffed with cheese and mushrooms.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cascade6.jpgcascade6This is either the third or fourth landing, but I honestly cannot remember.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cascade5.jpgcascade5From the very top, on the black platform.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cascade4.jpgcascade4From the top of the white steps.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cascade3.jpgcascade3From the third landing.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cascade2.jpgcascade2From the second landing.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cascade1.jpgcascade1700+ steps before breakfast? Heck yes!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/armenia4.jpgarmenia4A second church (or chapel?) they managed to fit on the edge of the cliff.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/armenia5.jpgarmenia5...and inside.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/armenia6.jpgarmenia6The primary monastery building.2012-06-04T14:34:09+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/05/25/a-very-georgian-wedding/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wedding8.jpgwedding8The bride and groom arrived with pyrotechnics. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wedding7.jpgwedding7A disheveled table.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wedding6.jpgwedding6Cake on top of chicken.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wedding4.jpgwedding4Plates on plates.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wedding2.jpgwedding2This was my favourite. It's red pepper and seared eggplant stuffed with this walnut paste and pomegranate seeds. Oh my goodness it was delicious.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wedding1.jpgwedding1Every table was decked out like this. It was amazing.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wedding3.jpgwedding3The bride and groom arrived with pyrotechnics.2012-05-25T10:14:14+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/05/23/georgia-is-amazing/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/georgia9.jpggeorgia9This little statue went hunting (his gun is just peaking out over his shoulder) and he got himself a duck.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/georgia1.jpggeorgia1This statue has a little bottle of something. Beer or juice, you decide.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/georgia8.jpggeorgia8Khachapuri with cheese inside.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/georgia7.jpggeorgia7Khachapuri with cheese on top.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/georgia6.jpggeorgia6Khachapuri with egg.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/georgia5.jpggeorgia5We watched them make it through the window.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/georgia4.jpggeorgia4So that's regular fruit in the middle, fruit leather on the shelves, and the things that look like dried sausages are actually a kind of fruit juice candy.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/georgia10.jpggeorgia10Hats and scarves for sale.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/georgia3.jpggeorgia3Repairing an old carpet.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/georgia2.jpggeorgia2Carpets for sale on a wall next to a (very narrow) street in the old city.2012-06-02T15:29:12+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/05/19/sixth-times-the-charm-and-trip-knitting/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tripknitting1.jpgtripknitting1Sock wool on the left, shawl wool on the right. It's kind of a lot, isn't it?https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/travel2.jpgtravel25L is pretty big, as it turns out.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/travel1.jpgtravel1Sock bag (by ZigZag stitches) and stuff sack (by MEC), all rolled up.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/monkeys1.jpgmonkeys1Indigodragonfly 100% merino sock, in colourway "Tiny Bloody Dancer" (their colourways have the best names).https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/affection3.jpgaffection3I don't want to jinx myself, but I like how this is looking.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/affection2.jpgaffection2Oh wait, the pouch fanned out just the way the pattern indicates it should. Rats.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/affection1.jpgaffection1It looks more like a pouch than a shawl, right?2012-05-18T16:40:37+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/05/18/in-season-asparagus-risotto/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/asprisotto2.jpgasprisotto2Creamy and delicious.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/asprisotto1.jpgasprisotto1Ontario asparagus.2012-05-18T15:41:49+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/05/15/the-yarn-wants-what-it-wants/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/affectionwool61.jpgaffectionwool6Option Chttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/affectionwool6.jpgaffectionwool6Option Chttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/affectionwool5.jpgaffectionwool5Option Bhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/affectionwool4.jpgaffectionwool4Option A.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/affectionwool3.jpgaffectionwool3Madeline Tosh's Tosh Sock, 100% superwash merino, in Candlewick.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/affectionwool2.jpgaffectionwool2Madeline Tosh's Tosh Sock 100% superwash merino in Charcoal.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/affectionwool1.jpgaffectionwool1Tanis Fiber Arts Blue Label fingering weight 80% merino, 20% nylon in Mallard.2012-05-17T16:17:40+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/05/14/a-proper-mothers-day/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/fallingleaves.jpgfallingleavesAn hour's work just to end up back at the beginning. Oh well. By the time I get to the end I'll be glad I did it.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/fallingleaves2.jpgfallingleaves2So many live stitches – thank goodness Ganymede was otherwise occupied.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/fallingleaves1.jpgfallingleaves1Can you spot the errors?https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/birthday2.jpgbirthday2Our bicycles resting under a Norwegian maple (according to the sign) while we ate our picnic.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/birthday1.jpgbirthday1One of my favourite things about the ferry is its life jacket ceiling. So reassuring.2012-05-14T17:01:03+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/05/10/adventures-in-winding/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/winding2.jpgwinding2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/winding1.jpgwinding1Cascade 220 Heathers in colourway 4008.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/winding6.jpgwinding6Listen, it would help if you stopped pulling it away from me.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/winding5.jpgwinding5Do you think, if I tried, I could eat it all at once?https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/winding4.jpgwinding4Oh my gosh. Best day ever!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/winding.jpgwindingFor comparison's sake, a proper swift and ball winder set-up, as demonstrated by the nice people at Gaspereau Fiber Arts.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/winding3.jpgwinding32012-05-10T19:00:11+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/05/08/mirror-mirror-cable-cable/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mircab7.jpgmircab7https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mircab6.jpgmircab6It is really hard to take picture of your own socks, especially when the details are on the sides of your legs.2014-10-26T19:07:50+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/05/02/bread-check/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bread-honey.jpgbread-honeyNot bad for a first attempt, I thought. And not too sweet, either.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bread-flax.jpgbread-flaxI tried something a little different the last time I made this and substituted a half cup of flour for a half cup of flax meal. It added a really nice nutty sort of flavour and still rose beautifully.2012-05-02T20:07:44+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/04/25/city-of-craft-is-an-enabler/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/coc3.jpgcoc3Unrolled.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/coc4.jpgcoc4Rolled up.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pouch1.jpgpouch1These did not come with it.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pouch2.jpgpouch2Notions pouch!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/buttons3.jpgbuttons3Six unmatched buttons in a similar colour, in a similar size.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/buttons2.jpgbuttons2Buttons that don't match.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/buttons1.jpgbuttons1Buttons that have pairs.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/coc2.jpgcoc2Blue fabric! I love the elephants.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/coc1.jpgcoc1Green fabric!2012-04-26T14:20:58+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/04/23/nine-grams-of-leeway/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/candle.jpgcandleBad for my eyes, but nice to look at.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/scale3.jpgscale3Half a kilo – I guess that's normal?https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/scale2.jpgscale2Remaining wool = 54 gramshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/scale1.jpgscale1Finished sock = 45 grams2012-04-26T15:25:46+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/04/19/turning-a-corner-so-to-speak/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/k2tog.jpgk2togk2toghttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ssk.jpgssksskhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mircab2.jpgmircab2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mircab5.jpgmircab5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/boticelli-red.jpgboticelli redMalabrigo sock in colourway Boticelli Red – it's an incredibly deep and decadent colour. 2012-04-19T19:03:04+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/04/16/my-favourite-time-of-year/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sakura6.jpgsakura6I prefer not to look at the skyscrapers when I'm in the park, but I do love the juxtaposition.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sakura5.jpgsakura5https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sakura4.jpgsakura4I think this train is hilarious. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sakura3.jpgsakura3https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sakura2.jpgsakura2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sakura1.jpgsakura1Overcast skies do not set off white blossoms to their advantage. But nonetheless, lovely, no?2012-04-16T23:36:33+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/04/11/weekend-socks/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hgl-inside.jpghgl-insideI think the pattern on the inside is kind of pretty, actually. https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hgl-blocking.jpghgl-blockingBlocking really helped. You can see how smooth the blocked sock on the left is, compared to the unblocked and bumpy one on the right.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hgl-heels.jpghgl-heelsL and I are both going to work on our sock photography/modeling for next time.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hgl-done.jpghgl-doneCount 'em: two finished socks!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hgl-worried.jpghgl-worriedWorried. So worried I took a photo.2012-05-09T23:07:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/04/09/easter-write-through/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bicycle.jpgbicycleBicycle!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bikeride3.jpgbikeride3See what I mean? Gorgeous.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bikeride2.jpgbikeride2I love the way the brightness of new leaves pops. This may be my favourite colour.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bikeride1.jpgbikeride1Trees are in blossom all over the place.2012-04-09T15:52:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/04/08/reset/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/etsyerror2.pngetsyerror2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/etsyerror.pngetsyerrorA hilarious (and, perhaps random?) Etsy error page. I love the frowning ball of yarn.2012-04-08T16:00:25+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/04/05/cat-walking/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ganymedewalk4.jpgganymedewalk4That walk was excellent. Lets do it again after my nap.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ganymedewalk3.jpgganymedewalk3To get back at you, I will roll on the ground, getting as dirty as possible before you inevitably drag me back inside.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ganymedewalk2.jpgganymedewalk2Wait, you're holding the leash too tightly for me to climb this. What the heck?https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ganymedewalk1.jpgganymedewalk1Ooh. A tree.2012-04-05T15:47:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/03/30/ribbing-forever/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ribbing2.jpgribbing2Mini cables are still ribbing.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ribbing1.jpgribbing1At least they're complimentary colours?2012-03-30T15:24:09+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/03/26/a-cautionary-tale/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cascademalabrigo.jpgcascademalabrigoThree skeins each of Cascade 220 Heathers in colourway 4008 (for the scarf) and three of Malabrigo sock in colourway Ochre (for the sweater).https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/hgl-1done.jpghgl 1doneHalf of a pair. Secretly, I'm pretty pleased about how this looks – especially the surprise stripes on the heel.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/hgl-top.jpghgl topJust a bit of top.2014-12-20T17:39:49+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/03/22/bread-dilemma/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img-20120322-00082.jpgdaffodilThe unfortunate quality of this photo is courtesy of my phone. Nonetheless, a daffodil! In full bloom! In March!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bread11.jpgbreadI have not managed to take a picture of a full loaf. They just don't last long enough.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bread1.jpgbread12012-03-22T21:23:07+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/03/19/happy-go-lucky/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/hgl-turned.jpghgl-turnedDespite the busy weekend I still managed to get the heel flap finished (and now turned).https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/hgl-outside.jpghgl-outsideCafe knitting.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/planelanding.jpgplanelandingI took many pictures of this plane coming in to land, but this one looks the most like an action shot. (It was much sunnier that day than this photo would have you believe.)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/handlebars.jpghandlebarsOld and hard vs. new cushy and new.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/hgl1.jpghappy go luckyHappy Go Lucky, fresh out of the gate.2012-03-24T15:20:23+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/03/15/i-can-feel-the-seasons-changing/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/primroses.jpgprimrosesI don't have a garden, so I bought some primroses to keep me company inside.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/hot-cross-buns.jpgHot Cross BunsHot Cross Buns, fresh out of the oven and right after the lemon glaze went on.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/catkins.jpgcatkinshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/crocuses.jpgCrocusesCrocuses – a sure sign of Spring.2012-03-15T18:05:48+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/03/13/lacy-socks-almondine-is-finished/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mu-boyfriend-colourway2.jpgMy Boyfriend Had a Bicentennial (Buffy)My Boyfriend Had a Bicentennial (Buffy)https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/almondine-toe.jpgalmondine toehttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sock-knitting-master-class.jpgsock knitting master classhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/right-wrongside.jpgRight side, wrong side.Right side, wrong side.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/almondine-finished.jpgAlmondine!Almondine!2014-08-21T22:18:23+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/03/08/granola-two-ways/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cookiesclose.jpgcookiescloseThere's a lot in there.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cookieswide.jpgcookieswideTwo dozen cookies.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/granolaafter.jpggranolaafterAfter it's all mixed up (the pink is from raspberries).https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/granolabefore.jpgIn a bowl - beforeMy favourite serving: fruit, yogourt, honey, granolahttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/granolapan.jpgRight out of the oven.Right out of the oven.2012-03-10T19:40:08+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/03/05/tomato-soup/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/tomatosoup2.jpgCream of Tomato SoupCream of Tomato Souphttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/tomatosoup1.jpgNot Campbell's soup.Not Campbell's soup.2012-03-05T18:13:58+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/03/02/seen-knitting/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/seenknitting1.jpgseenknitting1(This is not me)2012-03-02T17:59:32+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/02/28/fake-spring-scarf/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/fakespring-scarf.jpgfakespring scarfSo stripy.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/scarf-wrongside.jpgscarf wrongsideComparing the right side to the wrong side.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/stripes1.jpgstripes1Right side – showing off the reversed middle stripes.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cascade-purple.jpgCascade purpleContrasting colour 2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cascade-teal.jpgCascade tealContrasting colour 1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cascade-celery.jpgCascade celeryMain colour – in real life, it's much more green.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/scarf2.jpgoutakesAn outtake from our previous photo shoot.2012-03-01T02:47:40+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/02/27/fake-spring-weatherreal-spring-cleaning-and-cooking/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/catan-duel.jpgcatan duelBoardgames!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/games.jpggamesL, Carmen and Sam playing boardgames after dinner.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/khachapuri.jpgKhachapuriKhachapuri – all puffed up and fresh out of the oven.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/georgian-soup.jpgThis soup looked much better in person.This soup looked much better in person.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/tidyspace.jpgThe nicest it's ever looked.The nicest it's ever looked.2012-02-28T18:28:33+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/02/24/swatches-socks-and-skeins-oh-my/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/maritime-swatch.jpgMaritime swatchhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/g-skein-upclose.jpgg skein upclosehttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/swiss-skeins.jpgSwiss skeinsSwiss skeinshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/stash-balls.jpgstash ballshttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/yarn-ganymede.jpgGanymede loves to chase knitting.Ganymede loves to chase knitting.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/almondine-in-prog.jpgAlmondine socks in progress.Almondine socks in progress.2012-03-04T15:47:14+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/02/22/pancake-tuesday/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pancake-leftovers.jpgLeftover pancakesLeftover pancakes, dressed up with marmalade (right) and my mum's homemade strawberry jamhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pancake-plate.jpgPancakes!Pancakes!https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/quebecannette.jpgWhere Quebec Ave. meets Annette St.Where Quebec Ave. meets Annette St. – the view from The Good Neighbourhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/coffee-passport.jpgIndie Coffee PassportIndie Coffee Passport2012-02-22T22:38:22+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/02/20/maritime-wool/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/woolx4-nn.jpgMy haul.My haul.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sheep-alpacca.jpgA flock of Cotswolds, plus one alpaca, all very curious about what I'm up to.A flock of Cotswolds, plus one alpaca, all very curious about what I'm up to.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/winding.jpgWindingWindinghttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/wool-alpaca.jpg60% alpaca, 40% wool, 100% Maritime60% alpaca, 40% wool, 100% Maritimehttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cotswold.jpgNatural skeins of Cotswold wool.Natural skeins of Cotswold wool.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sheep1.jpgA camera shy Cotswold A camera shy Cotswold 2012-03-04T15:51:44+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/02/15/a-trio-of-socks/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/olive-colourway.jpgTanis Fiber Arts in OliveTanis Fiber Arts in Olivehttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sand-colourway.jpgTanis Fiber Arts in SandTanis Fiber Arts in Sandhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/trio-folded.jpgtrio foldedhttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/trio-full.jpgtrio full2012-02-15T18:12:56+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/02/13/wintry-weekend/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pizza-2.jpgpizza 2https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pizza-1.jpgpizza 1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/diamond-mitts-1.jpgdiamond mitts 1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/stripes-1.jpgstripes 1https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bridge.jpgbridgehttps://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hydrangea.jpghydrangea2012-02-15T01:49:54+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/02/10/heels-are-annoying/https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sock-heel1.jpgA well-turned heelAfter the ripping and the tinking, it seems to be coming back on track.https://pansneedles.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sock-top1.jpgextended cuffEverything was going very well before I reached the heel.2012-02-11T04:25:50+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.com/2012/02/08/hello-world/2012-02-08T18:56:41+00:00monthlyhttps://pansneedles.comdaily1.02018-01-28T21:01:00+00:00