finishing frenzy

The Parcheesi afghan is done! I didn’t think I’d ever finish sewing in all the ends, sewing the blanket together and then knitting an i-cord border, but I did! I had moments of doubt regarding the colors while I was knitting this, but I’m happy with the way it all came together. One more set [...]

handspun Aeolian, blocked

I’ve loved this shawl ever since I first saw it.   The 7+ charts worried me a bit, as did the nupps, but I worried over nothing.  Isn’t that the way it usually is? The nupps were time-consuming but not too bad to execute, and the charts were easy to follow – although I didn’t pay [...]

step by step, inch by inch

I am slowly getting some things done! First up – another pair of gift socks! Lynn asked me how I magically knew what size to knit gift box socks, which is a good question.  When I start a pair of gift socks, I have in mind the recipient, but I don’t blog names in case [...]

something to show

I finally have something to show you! I have been working and working and working on various projects, all of them close to completion, and this is the first to cross the finish line.  I finally quilted my first quilt! It’s far from perfect and I won’t point out all the shortcomings as they should [...]

zinnia socks

Every summer, I plant (by which I mean, SB removes all the weeds that have grown during the winter and preps the bed for me, and I go outside, decide what flower seeds go where, and sprinkle them about. It’s a great arrangement, I highly recommend it!) a cutting garden of zinnias, sunflowers, cosmos, and [...]

summer of sox

It’s shaping up to be a summer of socks around here.  Temps in the 90s, 80% humidity and no relief in sight. These are the man socks I knit for the gift basket.  Trekking XXL in decidedly man colors.  I’m now three pair of socks to the good, woo hoo!  We’ll see how many actually [...]

second verse, same as the first

Except with different yarn. My yarn finally (thank you, volcano!) arrived from Shetland!  I immediately pushed all projects-in-progress aside and knit a swatch. Not a ton of difference color-wise between the two (new swatch is on the right), but the real difference will come when I knit the entire cardigan.  Just as a reminder – [...]

finito!

My MIL’s birthday socks are finished!  Eight days, cast on to cast off.  Amazing what new yarn can do for my stick-to-it-ness! Pattern:  Child’s First Socks by Nancy Bush in Knitting Vintage Socks Yarn:  A tad less than two skeins of Koigu KPPM (if anyone really wants to know the colorway, I can find it).  [...]

knitting old and knitting new

I took several projects with me on our camping trip because a girl needs OPTIONS, right?  I’m also a firm believer that a road trip requires the casting on of a new project. I just got Norah Gaughan’s Vol. 1 and cast on for the Jyri scarf. I used 100% merino yarn like the pattern [...]

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 [...]

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