Well, at least not in the traditional sense, and none of my early efforts were for me.
It’s cold here at the moment. When I went outside this morning, it was 23F(-5C) with a wind chill that was “in the teens” (even farther into the negatives, for my Celsius friends) according to the [...]

First, let’s have the entrelac - or in this case, garterlac, as it was entrelac done entirely in garter stitch:

The pattern is Criminy Jicket’s Garterlac Dishcloth. The yarn is Lily Sugar n’ Creme in some ombre colourway or other. I can’t find the ballband, but the colours are nicer than they look in [...]

I had a satisfying yet frustrating week of knitting.
Firstly, I finished my mom’s socks. Sometimes, on that second sock, the distance from the heel gussets to the toe decreases seems like it’s a mile long. This is most obvious when just doing stockinette in the round isn’t distracting enough from the things bothering [...]