Ishbel, Part 1

Lately, I’ve been entranced by Ishbel, Ysolda’s lovely and popular shawl pattern. My own efforts to make an Ishbel shawl started out pretty well, but ended in knitting disaster. Snowy and Mithril helped me choose a gorgeous Malabrigo sock yarn in the Violeta Africana colorway, and I knitted happily away while vacationing in Hawaii. [Malabrigo yarn! […]

Green

At home in Wisconsin, my living room is the color of a fresh Key Lime pie. I guess you could say I really like green. Especially in the wintertime. Now it’s that time of year again. Green time: bright chartreuse against the gray. For months, we’ve been waiting for it.