busybusy

And distracted – I have so many things I want to do all at once! I did finish a couple of things, here’s one: Roniroos by Suvi Simola – cute pattern, fun to knit, horrible name (makes me think of Underoos), need to buy a top to wear under for proper finished object photos!  Also [...]

everything in sight

The title refers to how I’ve been eating – oof!  Terribly, and too much, and now that my pants are uncomfortably tight I need to get myself back to the gym and back to my salads! It also refers to what I want to knit.  Quite simply – everything in sight!  But I am determined [...]

meet Karl

Have I ever told you about my husband’s menagerie?  I think a few menagerie members have appeared on the blog, but I don’t think I’ve ever outed his collection to the public at large. And I’m not going to out it now, but I am going to show the newest member. Meet Kiwi Karl. The [...]

transitions

I’ve come to realize that I may be a tad bit obsessive. I love how peach jam starts out pink! Oh yes, and I’m easily distracted.  It seems my new obsessions of making jam and improving my health and fitness have supplanted my old obsessions of knitting/spinning/blogging. Maybe it’s because I can’t eat yarn.  Or [...]

random brevity

We just got back from the beach.  It was hot. I knit a pair of socks, mostly on the drives.    This is the second time I’ve knit this pattern (Traveler’s Stocking by Nancy Bush). The first pair were a gift and were worn and photographed in an excellent spinning book.  This pair has a lot [...]

Happy Christmas!

I finished a long-languishing Christmas present! When I started quilting last summer, my family immediately put in requests for quilts of their own.  I made a quilt for my daughter in November but didn’t really have a timetable for quilts for my husband and son.  Then one day I was browsing the clearance section at [...]

tardy to the party*

I finally, finally knit a Clapotis!  (Now I’m having an internal struggle over whether or not to link to the pattern.  Is there a knitter on this green earth who hasn’t knit it or at least heard of it?  I think not). I went to SAFF last year with a shopping list, and on that [...]

mawata mittens

Until recently, I thought silk hankies were for spinning.  They’re wonderful to spin, one hanky(ie?) lasts forever and they’ll always have a special place in my heart because that’s how I learned to draft while spinning.  However, because they spin so long and so fine, I haven’t done anything with the silk.  It hangs out [...]

preview post

The sweater is finished! I finished the knitting last Monday, which means it took exactly two weeks to knit, but the finishing took almost another week! This is a preview post without modeled shots because … it’s too short.  It’s not obscenely short, I could wear it, but I would be uncomfortable and tugging at [...]

extremities

I’ve been keeping true to my 2011 mantra – knit from the stash, and finish UFOs. First up is a pair of husband socks that I started before Christmas after giving away his fresh-off-the-needles handspun socks to my son (his feet were cold!  I was helpless!). These should definitely keep his feet toasty!  And to [...]

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