There’s been very little talk in blog land about Stitches East. I had to check my calendar just to make sure it’s still next week. I took off Friday so I could hit the market on the first day. The prospect of getting early access to the offerings with a smaller number of people (and […]
Month: September 2005
Houston We Have a Body
Yessssssssss! I’ve been forcing myself to knit on this every day. It’s not complicated knitting — it’s booooooring knitting. Saturday evening I finished up the neckline and 3 needle bound-off the shoulders. It looked a little wide so a trial fitting was in order. I had a small bit of panic because I shortened the […]
River Update — Week 4
Finished Agnes finished hers and it looks wonderful. Can you believe she knit this in a couple of weeks and it was her first lace project? Moving Along Brenda is about 4 repeats in now. You can see the rivery pattern emerging. Felicia has done about 5 repeats. She’s using the elusive Holz & Stein […]
Fisherman Sweater
I’ve been more diligent about working on Zipo. The back is done and the front is up to the division for the neck. I should have the body done before the weekend (I’ll post pics at that point — really, do you want to see more rev st st?). Then all that’s left are 2 […]
River Update — Week 3
It’s been a slow week for the KAL — I’m sure partly because of the Labor Day weekend in the U.S. Here’s my progress this week — I’ve knitted through the setup rows. Needles The needle comments just keep rolling in! With all this talk about Bryspun I was really curious to try them. Jessica […]
Sockapal2za Done!
I’m done and almost 2 weeks early. That’s huge for me — I’m such a procrastinator. I hope they fit well. The lace makes them quite stretchy so I blocked it slightly stretched (there’s lots of give in these socks). I still think this pattern would be nice as a scarf. Here’s a closeup. The […]