I’ve made a big effort to be reasonable in my goals for this year — not just in knitting, but for my whole life in general. For several years I’ve told myself that I’ll clean the basement and organize it — a very lofty goal. Instead, this year I promised myself I’d deal with 10 […]
Year of the Sock?
I’ve had a really busy time at work lately. I had to scale back my normal 1.5-2 weeks off at Christmas to just a single day. The knitting time? Not so plentiful either. While I have lots of ideas for sweaters, I just don’t have the capacity for them now. But socks, they’re just my […]
So Sweet
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. […]
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 […]
FO: Little Man’s Blankie
I’m ending 2006 with a bang. Details Pattern Entrelac Throw from Vogue Knitting Baby Blankets Two. This is a great little book. I’m surprised I haven’t seen more baby blankets knit up from this book. At $11 it’s a great buy too. Yarn RYC Cashsoft DK and Cashsoft Baby DK in creamy white baby DK […]
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 […]