I got most of my eBay yarn purchase from Over the Rainbow yesterday. They’re even more gorgeous in person! I’m so glad I went with a grab bag for one of the purchases. I liked the mix of yarns, but I didn’t love every one of them in the pic. It seems to have gotten […]
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No Willpower
This was a weekend for dismissing all self-control. It all started when I got my Secret Pal bag Thursday night. I just love sock yarn. How can you not? It’s probably the most fun you can have with yarn for adults. There really aren’t any barriers for socks. I emailed Mary to ask her what […]
Secret Pal Finale
Wow, when Mary said there was another box on its way, she wasn’t kidding. I’m amazed at the generosity of this last box. She sent a bag with TONS of goodies. She called it a sock starting kit. But “kit” does not do this gift justice. Just look at the bag. Just looking at the […]
Tango Anyone?
I cast on for Tango – the official name of my Linen Drape project – this weekend. The smaller gauge and splitty nature of Linen Drape is making for slower progress. I’ve been picking it up here and there between other knitting. It’s in the round now, after about 2 inches of back and forth […]
Poncho!
I picked up the poncho again this weekend and zoomed thru the rest of the back. It is a really fun little stitch pattern. And I love the weight it has from the Berocco Cotton Twist. But even on big honkin 10mm needles it still splits occasionally! Here’s a full shot. It’s hard to photograph […]
Long Weekend!
Who doesn’t love a 3 day weekend? We got some house work done. Mostly landscaping and painting. Oh, the fun of walking around on the roof so I could scrape sun dried paint off the siding! But the front of the house is almost done and every time I pull in the driveway I feel […]