Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Craft On: Mostly Finished
Crossandra is finished! Well, I still need to weave in ends and block it. When I can share a picture of Amelia in it, I will.
The bear paw mittens are knit, but I might have to make them a touch longer, so they will fit her in the winter, before making the paw embellishments and claw embroidery. In fact, I might just make a whole new pair of mittens, and save these for another baby at another time.
I'll be casting on Saint Catherine of Alexandria again tonight or tomorrow. If you are interested in beta knitting this design (which is a regrade for women's sizing of the pattern I made for babies and children), please let me know. I will have a beta knit as soon as I have the sample made and the pattern back from my technical editor. Because of when I want to release the pattern, the beta will not require you to make the entire garment, but there will be bonuses for those who do.
I've finished 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet and thoroughly enjoyed it. It is, of course, a subjective list, and certainly not inclusive of all things which we've lost or which have changed, but her insights into what is gone and how it has changed our world is the best part.
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