Hello and welcome to my blog, knitty and knots. It is a blog concerning my fiber art endeavors: knitting, crocheting and spinning.

I've been knitting since my mid teens and then took a hiatus, (albeit a LONG hiatus) and then started again 3 years ago. While that time passed, I took up crochet, something I just couldn't then because they didn't have charts. Charts have made crochet SO much simpler and easier to follow that those dratted written patterns.

I have done Nordic colorwork jumpers, Norwegian as well as the Icelandic colorwork types. I also like to deviate from the pattern when ever I find unnecessary, repetitive or confusing instructions.

It's my dream to go to Iceland someday and purchase that wonderful Icelandic lopi wool, particularly the pencil roving type of yarn than comes in wheels.

Jumper knitted in Garnstudio - DROPS I Love You #4 alpaca wool worsted weight yarn. Pattern is from a 1983 Paton's Canada booklet of Nordic knits.