handmade by stefanie

With a few weeks left before the official KAL end date, my Chill Chaser is complete! Over the weekend, I wove in the ends; on Monday night, I sewed the sleeves onto the body. On Tuesday, I blocked it out, but it wasn't totally dry until yesterday. Last night, I sewed on the buttons...which means I wasn't able to get photos taken of the totally-finished sweater til this morning, which is why this post is a little later than usual. As you can see, it fits me perfectly. I used the same colors of Spud & Chloë Sweater as pictured in the pattern photo, Manatee & Turtle. I'm knitting it as part of the Chill Chaser KAL which is happening here on Ravelry - and if you'd like to participate by knitting a child-size version of the sweater, it's not too late to join in, since the KAL ends on October 31.  Check out those awesome robot buttons - do they look familiar? I used them earlier this year on a friend's baby sweater, and I've been obsessed with th...

Win these needles in the Conversation Socks KAL ! How is it already October?! I feel like I've been saying this every month - and I probably have. At any rate, I'm excited that autumn is finally here: it's my favorite time of year, made better only by so many exciting things happening in the world of fiber. Next week is Spinzilla , but there are also a ton of KALs happening which I can't resist joining. Translation: I will be doing ALL OF THE THINGS and then some this month. The first KAL one that's near and dear to my heart, because it features my designs! The Conversation Socks KAL starts today, and it was officially announced last week here on the Knitter's Pride blog . Basically, you just have to knit any 1 of my 5 Conversation Socks  patterns during the month of October and tag your project with "KPConvoSocks" in your Ravelry notebook to be entered to win a Dreamz DPN Sock Set, generously provided by Knitter's Pride! While I'm thin...

I actually have two  sweaters on the needles right now, but I'm only able to share one on my blog (the other is a test knit for a not-yet-released pattern!). Over the weekend, I started my sleeves for the Chill Chaser KAL : as you can see, I opted for two-at-a-time on magic loop. While I never seem to suffer from Second Sock Syndrome, I almost always get Second Sleeve Syndrome; I also find sleeves two-at-a-time to be a practical choice: you are pretty much guaranteed that your sleeves will match up, both in terms of length and placement of increases/decreases. I had some pretty new yarn sent to me recently and couldn't resist casting on for a small project to see how it knit up. The yarn is a new exclusive base available at A Good Yarn Sarasota - it's called A Good Yarn Fingering , and it's hand-dyed by Yarn Love. Currently, you have to call them to order this yarn, but soon they will have it available for purchase online. The name of the colorway I got is Autumn ...

The big news this week is my progress on the Chill Chaser Cardigan , which is part of the Spud & Chloe #ChillChaserKAL happening here in their Ravelry group : I'm just about finished with both of the fronts and will be knitting the rest of the back piece shortly! My other knit-worthy news item is the progress I made over the weekend on my Admiralty pillow: As you can see, I bit the bullet and seamed all of the panels together, and I even wove in most of the ends in anticipation of beginning the final phase of pillow assembly. However, I can't proceed until the pillow form I ordered online arrives, so this project will return to the backburner til then. Consequently, not much time as been allocated to my Wedge socks, though a bit of progress has been made since last week: That's it for this week! I'd love to hear what's on your needles or hooks currently, too - and I'll meet you back here for FO Friday!