I just took a look at the preview for the Spring 2008 issue of Interweave Knits, and I swear, there are, like, eight projects that I would happily make for myself. Eight. Unfortunately, there are also, like, eight projects that ...Read More
We bought a new coffee table at Ikea on the way home from my parents' house after Christmas:
It's a hair lower than our old coffee table, so it's a little more comfortable for me to put my feet up on ...Read More
Pushing Daisies fans will have noticed the fabulous long scarf Ned wore in the Corpsicle episode. At about the same time I watched it, my brother requested a matching hat and scarf for Christmas, and Ned's Toasty Scarf and Hat ...Read More
The intermittent blogger strikes again!
There's so much to write about again, and why I haven't just been writing as these things happen, I don't know, but there it is.
I got my savior socks out in the mail to Kristin, and ...Read More
For kicks, I checked the Sockapalooza 4 database today, and there were actually a couple of pals there who didn't get a pair of socks. So I have a pal to save! Yay! I looked her up on Ravelry, and ...Read More
You wouldn't know it based on this blog, but I have been knitting the last couple of weeks. I made quite a bit of progress on the Cherry sweater over vacation, and then put it down for a while, mostly ...Read More
I was just updating some stuff quickly over at Ravelry, and I realized that most of my projects at the moment fall into the gray/blue/purple range of colors. It's weird. It makes me want to start the pink and orange ...Read More
There's more about the trip, but for the benefit of the lovely women at Wild Fibre in Savannah, Georgia, here's my vacation s'n'b:
(Apologies for the lack of focus on that second shot...)
I had thought looking for yarn for my friend ...Read More
The Wearable Bam Boo sweater is done!
Yarn: Classic Elite Bam Boo (100% bamboo)
Pattern: Of my own devising
Needles: #6 Knit Picks Options
[I'm working on writing up this pattern, at which point I'll link to it here.]
In other news, I did the ...Read More
It felt so good to move a couple of my projects from "in progress" to "finished!" Here's the results:
Yarn: Zitron Trekking (XXL) color 105
Pattern: my basic rib over 56 stitches
Needles: #2 Addi Turbos (2 circs method)
This picture is the best ...Read More