Olympic gold

What to say?  The past 16 days have been a whirlwind.
Friday night I finished the second sleeve and seamed the shoulders.  I tried it on and knew what I’ve known since I started knitting – this is not my sweater.  No, this sweater is meant for my daughter.  Even my son commented last weekend “that [...]

1824 Blouson

Or, as I like to call it, my Knit Sweatshirt.

How lucky that it snowed Friday afternoon! 
I can’t believe I was able to have snow as a backdrop for my last two sweaters!

I really love this sweater, too.  It’s soft, it’s comfy, it has just enough detail to make it not-boring.

The cuff pleats weren’t difficult [...]

Staghorn

I have pictures!

We drove out to Cheaha State Park yesterday and I brought my sweater along in case the opportunity for pictures arose.
As we drove into the park, I noticed all this white stuff in the tops of the trees.  My first thought was ‘who in the world toilet-papered these trees!’

IT WAS SNOW!!!  I have [...]

a tale of two blankets

This tale begins with a man who loves kitties.  This man happens to be my husband, who also happens to be rather silly.
When we started dating, my silly husband spoke to me of his love for kitties and his dream of having a blanket of kitties, all soft and warm, as kitties are known to [...]

Contrary to the blog silence, I have been knitting.

I knit two pair of handspun socks on US3s, but the picture didn’t come close to doing them justice, so I’ll have to post that later.  These pictures aren’t great either, but you know how it is this time of year – I leave the house as it’s getting light and get home in the [...]

block party

Saturday morning I did something I’ve been meaning to do for months.  I pulled out three FOs and gave them a good blocking.

This is the scarf I knit on our ill-fated vacation this June.  It’s been finished for several months and it grew probably two feet in blocking.  It’s the Tilly Scarf from A Fine Fleece.

I would [...]

life in the fast lane

It’s been forever since I posted!  Sorry about that.  Sgt. Britty turned 40 last week and all my time and energy were focused on birthday preparations. 

Yes, I did make him wear a black feather boa at his party!  The party was a lot of fun, the people who were there seemed to have a great [...]

if this were ANTM, I’d be sent home

Because good lard, I couldn’t take a decent picture yesterday for anything!
Still, I’ll give you what I’ve got.

Yes, I know this is blurry.  Believe me when I say this is the only picture of my face where I don’t look like a stern, lobotomized German nanny.  In fact, my expression reminds me of a picture our [...]

monsoon season

I have a new sweater to show you, but no modeled pics until the rain lets up!
For now, here’s a rainy-day-over-the-door preview:

Pattern:  Pas de valse from the new Fall Twist Collective
Yarn:   Rowanspun 4 ply
Brief verdict:  LOVE IT.  This is my most wearable sweater to date.  More ruminations to follow with modeled pics (if the sun [...]

roller coaster

The past month (has it really been almost a month since I posted?) has been a series of ups and downs.  Something good will happen only to be counterbalanced by something bad.  I’m trying to keep a positive outlook and focus on the good.
There has been knitting.

Quite a lot of knitting, actually.  As you probably [...]

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