Now that we’re all settling back into our knitting chairs, putting summer behind us, I thought it might be good to take a minute to point up some of the highlights from the past three months here on the ol’ blog — in case you missed anything really good (if I say so myself) while you were out enjoying the warm weather and long days!
There was the whole of Summer of Basics, with three rounds of inspiring prize winners to check out: Round 1 (the planners); Round 2 (the WIPs) and Round 3 (the finished goods). My own SoB-3 didn’t turn out quite like I expected, but great nevertheless! (Plus my aran-gansey, which I finished on Labor Day.)
I offered a peek inside my mini bullet journal.
Sewed a sweatshirt (almost correctly!) and took it to Squam.
Then I took an epic trip to Portugal — Portuguese knitting, hand-spinning (photo above), a wool mill and sheep blessing … Definitely don’t miss the sheep blessing.
I interviewed Brooke Sinnes about single-breed yarns and her US Cormo in particular.
Revealed the other sweater Meg gave me — you won’t believe it.
Shared a video version of my folded neckband tutorial, which you’ll find anytime saved at the top of the @fringesupplyco Instagram profile (the written version is here)
Took stock of my entire sweater inventory as it stands, with notes about what NOT to knit next!
And of course, you’ve got about a dozen New Favorites to scroll through!
What’s on the horizon for fall into winter? We talked about that, too!
Summer also saw the release of the “Bury me with yarn and needles …” tote bag and the Jen Hewett “Hank” Field Bag, the butterscotch Porter Bin and the new canvas drawstring bag. I hope you didn’t miss any of those!
And if you have FOMO about what else you might have missed, you can always use the little dropdown in the right rail over there to skip back to any particular month of the blog archive and give it a scroll at your own pace.
Happy Equinox! Thank you for spending your time here, and I hope you have an amazingly restorative weekend. I’ll be unpacking from my SF trip, happy to be home …
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Can’t tell you how much I enjoyed vicariously going to Portugal with you!
I’m so glad!
Thanks for the recap Karen (although I did not miss a single thing). It’s been a great summer for the blog, and I loved your adventures in Portugal. Apart from that, I think New Favorites is one of my favorite topics. Here’s to a new fall filled with knitting.
Thank you so much, Miss Agnes.
I just wanted to tell you that though I haven’t participated in Summer of Basics, I have been stalking 100 Acts of Sewing since you wrote about them. I got one of their dress patterns and then a skirt pattern, dug through stash and can’t wait to get started! I even got a gadget to make the bias tape. So as always, I will be late to the party, but hope to augment my wardrobe with some good handmade things.
The animal at the top of this blog looks like it might be a goat. Not a sheep.
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