2025 Knit Like A Latvian Mitts
Pattern: “Knit Like A Latvian” mitten kit, pansiesYarn: 100% Lithuanian wool, except for the white which is 80% wool and 20% polyamide Method: Handknit, 1.5mm needlesCompleted: October 13, 2025. This was a kit — pattern from “Knit Like A Latvian”
Lindal Turritella KAL (2025)
Pattern: “Lindal Turritella” by Ona Wöldten, size MYarn: Junction Fiber Mill’s Roots (“Forest Green”) and Making Tracks DK (“Seaglass”) Method: Handknit, 5.00mm needlesCompleted: September 28, 2025. This was the official “shawl” pattern from the Green Mountain Knitters Guild, for the
Opalessence Handpainted Warp Table Runners (2025)
Pattern: A 12 shaft 3/1 Twill (Turned twill)Yarns: Sett: 16epi Method: Weaving — multishaft floor loom (Louët Spring II) Completed: February 17, 2025. This was the first project I did on my brand-spanking new Louët Spring II 12 shaft countermarche
Hexa Socks — the second! (2025)
Pattern: “Nordwand Socks” by Birgit GrunwaldYarn: Colour Story Yarns Handpainted Twins (“Galaxies”) Method: Handknit, 2.00mm needlesCompleted: February 9, 2025. Another pair, like the first ones (https://www.knitbot.org/gallery/2024/07/11/hexa-socks-the-first-2024/). Again, I didn’t do the fairisle patterning in the heel area; my thinking was
Diagonal Delight Cardigan (2024)
Pattern: Diagonal Delight by Maureen Mason-JamiesonYarn: Shelridge Farm Soft-Touch DK wool Method: Handknit (4mm needles)Completed: December 29, 2024. Overall, a fun knit, and a nice result. There are some nice design elements — like the collar, with proper points! There
Starflake Shawl (2024)
Pattern: Stephen West’s StarflakeYarn: Western Sky Knits Zebra Sock (Holden (light), Colleen’s Summer Storm (dark)) Method: Handknit (4mm needles)Completed: October 4, 2024. In July 2023, on a flight to a week-long meeting in San Francisco, I realized with horror that
BreedSchool 2.1 Collected (2024)
Fibre: 12 different breeds of prep’ed natural colour fibresYarn: Various — mostly 2 plyMethod: Wheel spun, some SFD, some long drawCompleted: September 2, 2024. If you look at posts over the last few years, there hasn’t been any spinning, other
Hexa-Socks The First! (2024)
Pattern: “Nordwand Socks” by Birgit GrunwaldYarn: Noro Silk Garden Sock (colour 245) Method: Handknit, 2.50mm needlesCompleted: July 11, 2024. I was looking for something different to do with striping yarn and socks… I’d bought the pattern a year or so
Turned Twill Dishtowels (2024)
Pattern: An 8 shaft 3/1 Twill (Turned twill)Yarns: Sett: 24epi Method: Weaving — multishaft floor loom (Baby Wolf) Completed: February 24, 2024. These are the first set of dishtowels to match up with my “emergency” hand towels completed last year.
Green Diagonals Scarf (2024)
Pattern: Roughly based on the Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf freebie pattern I got from RavelryYarn: Queensland Collection Sugar Rush (Mint) and Alchemy Bamboo (Good Earth — dark green) Method: Handknit (4mm needles), with crochet trim (5mm hook)Completed: April 1, 2024. In