I haven’t blogged about this in a while, but my little nephew is scheduled to make his appearance in mid-July. I have to admit, the whole thing still seems surreal to me. My baby brother is going to be a daddy. Don’t get me wrong, he’ll be fabulous. But he’ll always be my baby brother. […]
Remember Me?
I’m willing to bet there are more people reading this post who don’t know I have a Cheesylove in progress. I casted on for this project almost two years ago. See, the problem is, I miscalculated how much stretch I would lose in the two-color part. And unfortunately, I need lots of stretch in that […]
FO: India Socks
Another pair from the pile of socks-in-progress is done. And this one meets two goals. I took notes on sock one so I could reproduce it on sock two. And, I’ve finished another 2005 MDSW yarn purchase. matching stripes courtesy ofmy handy dandy notebook increases and the tubular bind off Details Yarn Regia Jubilee — […]
The blogs have done it again
I always have trouble finding a knitting focus in March. The weather is getting warmer but there are lots of winter projects in the WIP pile. Then Karma posted about the Drops Circle Cardi and I knew I MUST HAVE IT RIGHT NOW. *nbsp; Best part? It’s a free web pattern so I could start […]
Same as before, just different
Last time we spoke about the leaf lace shawl I was waxing the praises of the white cashmere merino laceweight. And it’s true — this yarn is to die for. But I should know better. When I put down a project for months on end, something’s wrong and I’m avoiding it. In this case, the […]
Something Different
Olympics Update I faced facts last week and decided that while I like my olympic sweater, it is not meant to be for these olympics. I was finally able to cast on for the Falk version on Wednesday, so there’s just no way it’s going to happen. Rather than torture myself with it, I’m just […]