It seems I owe Nicky Epstein an apology.

In the greatest tradition of these things, it’s not her, it’s me.
I did say that I was mathematically challenged, when I was complaining about this cardigan pattern being all wrong. As it turns out, I am also challenged in the department of being able to read a knitting pattern. Oops.
What I was trying to do [...]

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One down, four to go…

Recently I have been mostly making itty bitty things for my sister’s wedding, which is rapidly approaching. I say “itty bitty” in the sense that these things are not enormous great bridesmaids’ dresses, but I swear it would have been quicker to make a bunch of dresses than these cravats!
They need such a lot of [...]

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Nicky Epstein’s Cardigan with Cabled Points

Has anybody ever successfully knit Nicky Epstein’s Cardigan with Cabled Points?
The pattern is in a supplement with this month’s Knitting magazine (UK). I find it suspicious that I’ve just trawled through fifty-four pages of Google images and the whole of Flickr, and I can’t find a single photograph of the finished garment. (I’d try Ravelry, [...]

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