Oh my god what a fabulous time! This was my favorite girlfriend vacation ever. Not even 600 miles of driving could put a damper on the yarn, girlfriends, drinking and good times that happened all weekend. Christy, Heather and Jody — thank you for the awesome time and the fabulous company! I think I saw […]
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See You in Rhinebeck
Alright, a quickie last post before I pack it up. As I type this, Jody is on a plane headed for me Rhinebeck!!!!! This has been one long week. A beta deliverable at work, finishing up the Rhinebeck sweater (oh I have a story for you, but it’ll have to wait), cleaning (is the house […]
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Frogs
This pic indicates: I’m desperately behind on my pedicure. I need to buy more towels. It’s sure to rain all weekend at Rhinebeck. It’s 11:30 PM and I spent most of the weekend frogging finishing the sweater*. * it was 11:30 Sunday night when I wrote this, but I was so tired I never actually […]
Sleeve, Finally
I’ve always planned on a bell sleeve, but I wanted something more than just a widening sleeve at the edge. After trying a few different edges, I decided on the lacey one you see here. It’s a messy lace, in a good way. I’ve been dying to use beads so I picked up a […]
Cotton Ease is Returning!
OK, this deserves its own blog entry. I was over at Karma’s blog and read that Cotton Ease is coming back. So I went to the source — the Yahoo Cotton Ease group — and it looks like it’s really true. Lion Brand responded to someone’s email with: We are a few months away but […]
Tick
I started these socks almost exactly 2 years ago. It was the first sock I made in DK weight yarn and I ended up sizing it a little bit too small. So the almost-finished sock that I posted about in 2004 has been hanging around since then. With the start of Octoberfest I got […]