Wow it’s already February! The months they fly by, don’t they? Another first of the month means another check in… Goals – 2015 Knitting Knit 6 pairs of Mystery KAL socks – I’m on schedule – I’ve knit one sock from my first pair. The mystery is definitely helping – I’ve had this yarn in […]
Three weeks into the new year and I have my first FO! Given that last year I finished a total of THREE FOs I’m over the moon about this. The colors are awesome and I love the way it twirls at the bottom. This is my favorite way to wear it so the ends aren’t […]
Another great year at vkl for me and Christy. It didn’t start out so awesome though. We take the New Jersey Transit train into the city – we both get to sit and knit and we can even nap on the way home and dream about the new stuff we just bought. The train broke […]
I CO for a Weigh It Shawl last weekend. Well, really the weekend before. I started on US#6 (because I knew better than the pattern) and then CO again with US#9 a week later (because it turns out the pattern was right). I’m getting a much better drape on the 9s. Isn’t it pretty? I […]
Plum Dandi is holding a KAL that starts today – knit any sweater pattern that they offer to be entered into the drawing for some awesome prizes. I quickly decided that I wanted to knit Briquette out of Miss Babs Yowza in Scarlet Letter. Pretty color and the hoodie is something I’ll get a lot […]
I had a bit of a cast on extravaganza this past week. First up were these socks in yarn I bought (and loved) 3 years ago. I special-ordered the bump from glblf and got it Navajo plied from Plied Together after I fell in love with a pair of socks in my Friends feed. If it […]