Author Archives: magdamakes
Cast-onitis relapse
I was doing so well at the beginning of the year. I cast-on a project or two and worked on it until it was done, most of the time. This is unusual behaviour for me. I am the queen of … Continue reading
A flare up of Cast-onitis
In the recent past, I have been pretty good at working steadily on projects. However, this last week my cast-onitits has flared up. In addition to the two shawls I have been working on (my Hy Shawl and my Hip … Continue reading
Queen’s Shawl is done.
Here is a photo of my Queen’s Shawl gently flapping in the still wintery breeze of spring. (This week however, the temperatures will definitely me more springlike with expected highs above the freezing mark every day!) I was rather surprised … Continue reading
More shawls in progress!
My mother loves the blue Holiday Holiday shawl that she chose for her birthday, but did hint heavily mention that a shawl in pink would be perfect for her. I am not a huge pink fan, but when I saw … Continue reading
12 Shawls in 2013?
Shawls and shawl makers have had my admiration for a long time. About two or three years ago, I found a bunch of crazy admirable and adventurous knitters, crocheters and weavers who committed to knitting many shawls during a single … Continue reading
Finished with my Holiday
I have finished a few projects over the last while. Last year I posted about the Billie Holiday shawl that I was making. i finished it December 27, 2012. This is Holiday Holiday (my Billie Holiday by Susanna IC)
A Knitting Holiday!
During my scarf knitting marathon in preparation for gift giving, I started a shawl kit that I received last year in a Christmas swap. With the scarf knitting, I got very, very little knitting done on this shawl. Now that … Continue reading
Vanilla Almond Crescents (Vanilkové Rohlíky)
These cookies are a standard in central european Christmas baking. It just wouldn’t be Christmas without them! They are a variation of a rich shortbread with the addition of almonds and then they are rolled in vanilla sugar. You can … Continue reading
Whoooooo Hooooooo! Done!
Today, I finished labelling and sorting the 50 scarves for the staff at the retirement home that my father-in-law lives in. Many of the scarves were made by my mother and a friend even donated a scarf to the cause. What … Continue reading
One Row Lace Scarf 2
Here is the second in the one row lace series of scarf “patterns”. This a basic faggoting done across the width and the length of the scarf. You can use any yarn, though wool yarns will block the best. Use needles … Continue reading
