extrasharp Originally uploaded by jamjarring. This image has been severely tweaked in an attempt to make the pattern clearer. It looks fine in real life, but not so much on picture with this yarn. In person, the pattern is more 3D, it’s easier to see the nice bias, the wool is lovely autumnal shades… in [...]
Category Archives: Patterns
Mummu’s blanket, almost done. [Jam]
April 8, 2008 – 1:03 pm
So between us, mum and I have almost finished the blanket. Things that I discovered: Mum and I pick up stitches differently. It’s easy to get turned around when something is garter stitch. Any time you start making something as a present, between the time it takes you to buy the wall and knit juuuuust [...]
Blanket for Mummu (or wow, I’m bad at updating)
February 18, 2008 – 4:57 pm
Ravelry makes me lazy. I’m over here for anyone who’s curious. So my current projects are herringbone socks (which look like a pretty good ayof using up the odds and ends of sock wool) and a blanket my mum and I are doing for my grandmother. Since we don’t live together, we needed a pattern [...]
WIPs for a wedding (not mine, and not for me)
September 9, 2006 – 5:20 pm
A friend of mine, who I shall refer to as Madam A (codenames make knitting so much more exciting!) has a whole bunch of weddings to attend to, and as well as searching for a dress, was thinking about what shrug to go over it, since most of the dresses she was looking at were [...]
Leafy convertible by Jam
June 24, 2006 – 8:12 pm
So my cousin is having a baby and my mum and I decided to do something for the baby and something for her (it probably being a bit of a letdown, opening giftwrapped packages only to find that the gift inside is meant for someone several years away from appreciating it). Together, we made the [...]
Shadow/Illusion knitting, what I did and how to make your own, by Jam
June 21, 2006 – 10:00 am
This was the first thing I ever made which I designed myself. The design is based on the Batman Beyond logo. I relied heavily on Louise for helping me getting the design on to paper and general advice. Shadow knitting: General notes, how to design your own and my original design.