There’s always something surprising to me whenever I look back through what I’ve made in a given year. This year it’s the fact that I made things! For some reason, I don’t feel like I did...
https://ktslowcloset.com/2019/12/30/2019-my-knitting-year-in-review/
I’m awed every single year when I scroll back through New Favorites to see how many fantastic patterns I’ve posted here, knowing they’re still only a fraction of everything that caught my e...
https://ktslowcloset.com/2019/12/27/favorite-new-favorites-of-2019/
Now me, I love cables and I love a chart. I’m a visual person and I also think cable knitting is a blast, so my idea of a dream pattern is a simple cable chart I can glance at and memorize, the...
https://ktslowcloset.com/2019/12/17/new-favorites-cables-for-the-cable-averse/
This happens every time I’ve been knitting stockinette for weeks on end: I am dying for a cable or a juicy knit-purl stitch pattern! Any of these would do quite nicely: TOP: Tallervo cardigan b...
https://ktslowcloset.com/2019/12/04/new-favorites-texture-please/
The Fall/Winter 2019 issue of Amirisu landed on my desk last week and I had a bit of a swoon. It is stunningly beautiful from front to back, and there’s not a single thing in there I wouldn’t...
https://ktslowcloset.com/2019/11/12/new-favorites-amirisu-19-all-of-it/
Hats are the best. A great way to learn to knit (or crochet!), pick up new skills, add variety to your queue, get that “I made it!” feeling fast. And of course, they don’t require a lot of ...
https://ktslowcloset.com/2019/11/06/holiday-hat-knitting-cheat-sheet-10-skill-stretching-patterns/
I’m totally stunned that this worked. A) I’m not a frequent or experienced crocheter. B) I have never attempted to crochet something that had to fit. C) My gauge was totally different from th...
https://ktslowcloset.com/2019/09/10/that-time-i-crocheted-a-hat/
The Summer 2019 issue of Amirisu is packed with good knitting patterns, but the two I keep flipping back to are these cool colorwork accessories— TOP: Escher by Tokuko Ochiai is a shapely littl...
https://ktslowcloset.com/2019/06/18/new-favorites-mesmerizing-colorwork/
Right after I posted about that pair of bobble berets to which I found myself unexpectedly drawn, I realized I had the yarn for one of them right under my nose. The April Hat (a free pattern) is ...
https://ktslowcloset.com/2019/05/28/pretty-bobble-beret-2019-fo-3/
It’s been two months since I cast on this simple little vest and I’m finally nearing completion. After letting it sit for weeks unassembled and then postponing the pick-ups, I made great stri...