https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/categories/knitting/Recent content in Knitting on The Half-Assed HobbyistHugoen-CAAndrea GaudetMon, 12 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/fall-phobia/Mon, 12 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/fall-phobia/Normally when fall approaches I get very excited. (Mainly for all the pumpkin spiced things… yes, I’m one of Those.) But this year I found myself not wanting the summer to end…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/the-forgotten-slouchy-knits/Thu, 31 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/the-forgotten-slouchy-knits/Since I’ve recently taken up knitting again, after a hiatus brought on my lack of pre planning and sheep having to grow me some more wool, I got distracted by updating my Ravelry…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/shoulder-at-it/Tue, 22 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/shoulder-at-it/It’s been forever since I knit anything. I’ve been working on my crochet skills (just making dish towels though, nothing fancy). And my last knititng project got put on hold…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/the-weave/Wed, 06 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/the-weave/Everywhere I look I see knitting memes that all have the same effect: Talk about stress. Anyways. I’ve had a couple patterns that I’ve been sitting on for longer than I care to…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/from-box-to-box-to-neck/Thu, 12 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/from-box-to-box-to-neck/Like many others, I am rather procrastinate y when it comes to finishing my knitting projects. Before the new year, I made a beautiful irish mesh cowl (Curtesy of Purlavenue)…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/lacenmohair/Thu, 13 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/lacenmohair/Since I started knitting there is one aspect I’ve never attempted. Lace. It’s not that I have been avoiding it, it’s just I’ve never really found a lace pattern that I h ad to…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/holidayknitting/Sat, 11 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/holidayknitting/Over the holidays there was a lot of sitting and digesting. What better to do when you’ve got a case of the roly polies than knit. Best excuse to sit ever. Anyways. I got some…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/thenextstep/Sat, 02 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/thenextstep/After knitting for a year I got bored with dish cloths and scarves and half mittens. I wanted a new challenge. Since I had taught myself off the internets, my stitches were top…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/theknittering/Mon, 07 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/theknittering/In the spring of 2012 I was unemployed. And what better to do than pick up a new hobby! Since I had only ever half assedly tried to learn when I was a child I thought I’d take up…