Happy new year! I toyed with the idea of doing a big retrospective, but truthfully I didn’t do all that much crafty in 2011. We did A TON of work on our house and that took a good 6-9 months of concentrated effort. So I ended 2011 in a good place – a house with […]
FOs
FO: Miss Frog
Only 10 months after casting on (I never would have believed it if I didn’t have the date in Ravelry) I have an FO to show you. Now that she’s done I can’t believe I took so long to finish. I cast on for this before my niece was born and here I am finally […]
FO: Child’s First Sock
IMPORTANT Housekeeping Note I plan to switch from Movable Type to WordPress in the next month or two. Once I do that my old feed won’t work any more. I’ve setup a feedburner feed that will transfer when I make the move. You can point your RSS reader to the blog right now (the feed […]
FO: Unwrapped
Unwrapped is totally done! The ends are woven in, the pattern is written, the schematic is drawn, the pics are up. It feels so good to have this one done. Now that I’ve got the basics of the raglan shaping down I think it will be easier to do more with it in the other […]
FO: Marlande
My second FO in what’s just over 2 weeks of 2008. At this rate I’ll have at least 45 FOs for the year (ha!). This was a hard-earned one, but one that I’m very pleased with in the end. pattern Marlande from Bouton d’Or Layette & Junior no. 13 yarn Patons Grace in Rose, Viola […]
FO: Mega Boots Socks
My first FO of the year! yarn lana grossa mega boots stretch, color 715 (bought at MDSW 2006 — yay for more fest yarn!) pattern basic toe-up on 60 stitches, increased to 68 about 2 inches before the top needles knit picks 2.75 mm / US # 2 What can I say about these socks? […]