Why I Quit Ravelry

Here’s the statement I found on the main page of Ravlery’s website on Sunday, June 23, 2019: “New policy, effective immediately We are banning support of Donald Trump and his administration on Ravelry. We cannot provide a space that is inclusive of all and also allow support for open white supremacy. Support of the Trump…

Remnants Shrug

This little shrug is an simple pattern to use up the odds and ends of sock yarn. The lace around the neck does have a tendency to roll but I love it anyways! Remnants ShrugDownload Remnants ShrugDownload

Bundle Up Betty Patterns

Below are all of my Bundle Up Betty patterns that are available. Enjoy! For those who are looking for a Betty doll, they are not currently for sale or in production. We are dealing with some serious personal issues and may not be able to bring Betty back into production for a while. Thanks so…

Endings and Beginnings

I've recently closed my virtual doors on andresueknits.com and said goodbye to Needles Up events.  There were lots of reasons why but it really boils down to that I didn't want to do them anymore.  (Turning a hobby into a business is a surefire recipe for burnout.) Andre Sue Knits (the business) was a lot…

I Knit a West (and I liked it!) Music Video

I'm pretty sure that my local yarn shop, Dances with Wool, has the coolest knit group ever!  These ladies have hatched an epic plan to entice popular knitting designer, Stephen West, to stop by the shop the next time he's on the east coast.  With lyrics written by Victoria Drake that are a tribute to…

Cladonia Is Off the Needles

My Cladonia shawl is off the needles!!  And, not a single cat tried to sleep on it as it was blocking on the floor.  Providing them with a wool cat bed has seemed to curbed the appeal of my fresh knitting.  Yay! This shawl is quite big.  I modified the pattern to enlarge it so…

“Cat Basket” is a FO and a New Shawl WIP

The "Cat Basket" is finished!  The pic above shows the basket before felting.  It's sitting on 24" x 12" tiles to give it some scale to the size.  It was quite huge.  It's knitted with a bulky yarn held double. After felting, the size became a little bit more reasonable and fits my cat very…

Dog Beds for Cats and Baby Sweaters

My Archangel shawl is fixed!!  Last week, I shared that I picked a super stretchy bind off which ruined the structural integrity of my shawl.  It wasn't pretty.  A crochet hook and a quick crochet chain down the bind off took care of the too-stretchy edge that I made.  The little extra heft at the…

A Little Something Different

My newest finished object is called Archangel by Aliza Nevarie.  It's knit on size 6 needles with a Classic Elite yarn.  Mountain Top- Vail.  It was such an interesting construction!  You start knitting in garter stitch from the bottom up and then bind off and turn the corner to pick up the edge to then…

Color Affection

My color affection shawl is off the needles and blocked.  Knitted with fingering weight yarn, size 6 needles and miles of garter stitch, it's so squishy and stretchy.  I knit the pattern as written.  Many knitters advise you to include an extra YO at each end and then drop the YO to give a little…