fo: rowan electra

i can hardly wait til fall. not only because it is a millionty degrees outside. but because i finally finished my rowan electra vest.


knit up entirely with rowan yarns: scottish tweed, felted tweed and kidsilk haze. it's actually a very easy fair isle pattern that is only time-consuming if you wait a month between each pattern rep as i did.

knitski or die

spotted on the waterfront in portland, maine. best vanity plate evah.

frog dissection

and now for the results of my frozen kidsilk haze experiment.


kidsilk haze does indeed undo itself quite readily after a stint in the frozen section of your friendly frigidaire.


however, for me, the ecstasy was shortlived. behold, the giant clump of frozen furball that coughed itself up at the end of each row.

my advice to others in search of an quick KSH fix: mix yourself a frozen daiquiri and break out the scissors.

frozen mohair

does frozen mohair really frog more easily than the non-frozen variety? this is my own experiment to find out. and rest assured, my friend, this is no ordinary mohair. it is simply that snarliest, gnarliest, unfroggiest of all mohairs, kidsilk haze.

fringe benefits

pass the dramamine, please. it's 95 in the shade and all i can think about right now is all the dramatic knitwear that's been trotted out for fall. this fendi sheath is just one from the knit parade via style.com. i say crank up the AC and cast on the bulky wool!


come-sit-stay dept.: love the furry, fringe elements on this fendi dog...er, bag. what a loopy, fun knit this would be. does anyone know what this yarn could possibly be?