So I have a few FOs for you all today. First up are my Aragorn socks. I knit these for the SKA May 2010 Challenge (cables and twisted stitches). Pattern Aragorn (free pattern) by Janneke Maat Yarn Miss Babs Yummy Superwash Socks & Baby in My Kelly Needles US #1.5 (2.5mm) Knit Picks 24″, magic […]
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How hard can it be to knit 2 pairs of socks?
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 […]
Knitting Olympics – What to do?
I’ve joined the Knitting Olympics this year. I didn’t join last summer’s and I missed it. I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do but I haven’t come up with THE thing yet. I could focus on my single socks – I have six singles right now. Challenging? Yes. Enjoyable? No. Ok…nix […]
The Possibilities of a New Year
Don’t you just love how renewed and full of possibilities the new year brings? Opportunities for growth, self-improvement, learning, and just plain getting more out of life. 2009 was a year for big change in my life and I feel like I’m a better person because of it. During the latter half of the year […]
A Very Julia Christmas
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. I had a great holiday! For the past few weeks I’ve been planning, reading, youtubing, facebooking and tweeting to design the best Christmas dinner I could. After much research I decided to make Beef Bourguignon for Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking. I woke up […]
A Leg Up
I started my niece’s Miss Frog this weekend. I don’t need to finish it until January but I’d like to be able to take breaks from knitting all those little pieces. And mattress stitch. Lots and lots of mattress stitch. I’m using Knit Picks Shine Sport in Grass and Leapfrog and Cotlin in Swan. They […]