The mail has been so much fun this week! On Saturday I got my final Better Pal package. I learned that my pal was Ann! Ann was a fantastic pal. We didn’t know each other very well beforehand, so she asked Katy for some help. Well the two of you did really well! The […]
Month: November 2005
A New Heel
I turned the heel last night. The change I made is pretty obvious, right? I used a garter stitch short rowed heel. Christy showed me her mermaid sock over the weekend and I knew I had to try it. Thanks for the inspiration, Christy! I also made a change to the way I normally do […]
Tess, finally
I’ve had this Tess yarn wound up for 3 months now! At first I thought I’d make gauntlets, but that didn’t take. Then I tried a few stitch patterns to use as a scarf but the colors were too bright and crayon-like for me to think I’d actually wear it as a scarf. In the […]
Scarf Sunday
It’s funny how much pleasure I can get out of a little scarf. I’m so happy with how this turned out. Details Pattern Mistake Rib: CO 23. Every Row: *K2 P2* to last 3 sts, K2 P1. Slip first stitch of each row knitwise. Yarn Knit Picks Decadence 100% Superfine Alpaca in Winter Berry. 2 […]
roositud lessons
This roositud business is definitely a learning process. I substituted yarn because Rauma yarn isn’t avaialble locally for me and when it’s Saturday afternoon and you really need to start a new project, well, mail order just won’t do. I missed one important thing in subbing yarn though. The roositud yarn is about twice as […]
roositud!
you have no idea how i had to contort myself to get this pic Five inches of knitting at 8 spi doesn’t go very quickly. But I finally got to the Roositud tonight! I’m only a few rows in but I’m really enjoying it. You don’t ever knit with the contrast colors — you’re just […]