I’ve been in a girly mood lately. Can you tell? Smocking, lace, eyelets, picot. It’s so girly it’s almost too sweet. The yarn — Hand Jive Knits’ Nature’s Palette Sock Yarn in the colorway Odd Duck #1 (Odd Duck indicates their variegated colorways). I bought this yarn at the Stitches 2005. A true stash yarn. […]
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Happy New Year — 2007 Edition
Another new year, another fresh start. I try to learn from each year’s goals and make more reasonable and better thought out goals the following year. So let’s get to this year’s goals. Less stash enhancement, more stash knitting – I’m getting better at this, but I can always improve. I wrote about The Pact […]
An FO of Sorts
Even though I haven’t had much time to knit, I did get a little something done. No I didn’t knit these. I did the tech editing. They’re Kate Gilbert’s latest — Lise booties. This is a seriously clever pattern. The whole bootie is knit in the round, from cuff to toe. No seaming, no picking […]
Lighten Up
This weekend’s WIP* — Christmas Lights 2006. * I did get a little knitting done. I’m about a third through the leg of knee high number 2. And like all good hand dyed yarn, it’s striping completely differently than knee high number 1.
It’s Friday, Let’s Have a Little Fun
This post is a combination of all the random mini-posts I’ve been meaning to make. I assert up-front that it has no logical flow. It’s Friday though…so that should make us all happy. My Christmas Knitting: Thank you for all your suggestions! The front-runner is Celtic Dreams (thanks Debi!), in Black Water Abbey Moss (super-bonus […]
Keeping it Together
My latest purchase — the Sterling Silver Waves and Swirls Shawl Pin from Chrissy at Scotts Mountain Crafts on Etsy. I had wanted to get a shawl pin at Rhinebeck, but nothing did the trick. After starting Botanica this past weekend I knew I’d have to find something soon. I’ve been meaning to buy something […]