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Category: Knitting Etc.

  • More Sparkle for the Hoard

    I’ve been doing some more beadwork and making shiny things for my dragon hoard. I’ll take these to Romancing the Capital in August. Today, I wanted to show you these necklace and earring sets. I found dragon pendants that match my dragon charms, so putting them together was an obvious choice. This one is blue…

  • A Tiara for a Dragon Queen

    I’ve been playing around with beads and charms, making some shiny trinkets to take to Romancing the Capital in August. I decided to try to make a tiara fit for a dragon queen. Here’s my first attempt. I used a metal hairband as a frame. The crystals are dyed quartz and have been drilled, which…

  • Wild Grass Pullover

    It’s Friday! Let’s talk about knitting. I’ve been working on a pullover with a beautiful yoke. The pattern is called Wild Grass and the yarn I’m using is Swans Island Washable Wool Collection Sport. For this pattern, you make a provisional cast-on, knit a few rows, then knit up, through the yoke and the neck.…

  • New Dragon Scale Mitts

    My mitten-knitting has taken an interesting little turn of late: I made a second pair of dragon scale mitts. You might remember the first pair, which looked like this: I used a free pattern for ribbed fingerless gloves in worsted weight, then metal dragon scales from Ring Lord. The post about them is right here.…

  • Black VK Cardigan

    A few weeks ago, I told you that I’d had a Eureka moment while knitting my Comfort Fade Cardigan and now knew how to fix another sweater. This post is about that other sweater. The pattern is from Vogue Knitting Winter 2018 and is a cardigan designed by Cathy Payson in Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick…