Guilt got the better of me and I decided to cast on for my Mom’s jaywalker-knock-off-knee-highs over the weekend. I had the yarn from this year’s MDSW so there was no reason to delay any longer. I’m doing them toe-up to make the knee high fitting easier, and to make sure I don’t run out […]
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Site Cleanup and Free Patterns
I’ve been meaning to do this for several months, but necessity finally made it happen. Looks like my Natalya pattern is pushing the bandwidth limit of my typepad account, so I’m moving itover here. While I was at it I’ve added my version of a basic toe-up sock. It’s the handout I created to use […]
Made for the Shade
After the 100+ degree weather we had this week, 91 degrees today seems bareable — at least, in the shade. I’ve spent most of my day on this chair under the canopy of trees. Even the little blue berries that keep falling onto my head aren’t enough to sway me. This is the first weekend […]
Save the Yarn
brooks farm four play duet* I have 500 yards of this yarn, and NO IDEA what to do with it. I love the colors, I love the fiber content (55 mohair / 45 wool), I love the way the yarn is plied (2 plies, very loosely). But, I cannot find a stitch pattern to do […]
-Less is More
Knitting in the (topless and doorless) Jeep — that gray streak you see on the right side is the road zipping by. Paul took the doors off the Jeep this weekend and we took a ride down the shore* (LBI and Cape May). I got to knit. I got a bit of a tan. I […]
My Favorite Things
Sock knitting*, herb garden, the brick patio, and flowers. It’s pics like these that keep me going when I’m this busy at work. * that’s 3 weeks worth of progress on the lace knee-sock from IK Winter 2004