handmade by stefanie

I'm sure today's FO projects are no surprise to returning readers - nonetheless, I am beyond pleased to present my finished cardigan from the 30-Day Sweater Challenge! Rather than using the framework provided to design my own sweater (trust me, that's next on my list once I finish my holiday gift-making), I applied the concepts of the 30 Day Sweater ebook to a pattern I purchased on Ravelry, Bonne Marie Burns' Uma Cardigan . When I printed out my pattern, I assigned 30 Day Sweater outline . This proved to be an enormous help, because it broke everything into manageable tasks and also encouraged a little healthy competition not to fall behind. a day to each step along the way that corresponded with the Another thing I really liked was all of the moral support I got along the way from the Yarn Nation crew and my fellow challenge-takers: the live Sweater Knitting Show every weekday, the virtual knit night each Wednesday evening, and the social media channels (Rave...

When you're participating in two KALs, the thing to do is start a new project, right? That's what I thought! Over the weekend, I was had the uncontrollable urge to start an entrelac cowl with some of my handspun yarn from Spinzilla . It's been a while since I've made an entrelac project, so I re-watched several lessons from Gwen Bortner's Entrelac Craftsy class to refresh my memory for each step. I decided to use the Cloudlover Polwarth (which is two dyed colorways inspired by The Nightmare Before Christmas), though I might not have enough to finish the cowl - I might end up knitting the next tier in the alpaca/silk handspun before finishing off with more of the Cloudlover handspun . Despite this distraction, I made some great progress on my Baah KAL sock - the first sock is finished and I'm already working on sock #2! I had to take the cats to the vet yesterday and managed to work through two repeats of the leg; my goal is to be completely finished b...