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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

and the knit goes on…

Sorry.  Lame title, I know.  I’ve recovered my love of the knit (but my mother’s second sock remains missing) by casting on for a new project – the Hedgerow Coat from IK Fall 2007.  I decided to start with a sleeve since I didn’t feel like swatching and continued to knit way past the point where [...]

sometimes it’s fun just to knit

One thing that worried me when I signed up for NaKniSweMoDo is that focusing all my energy on the production of sweaters would quickly prove to be overwhelming and ultimately frustrating.  I do enjoy knitting sweaters and love the idea of using the sweater-quantities of yarn in my stash, but I feared that working on [...]

March: Amelia

My March sweater for NaKnitSweMoDo is Amelia and she is a borderline fail. She fits Maude pretty well. And if Maude were who I made Amelia for, I’d be perfectly happy. I can wear her, but she’s not very flattering. Thanks to SB for taking pics this morning, but sweetie?  You should’ve told me I [...]

Cassidy

Finally took some pictures! We’re having a little seasonal weather, so I’m actually wearing Cassidy today! Wearing a hoodie to the office may not be the most professional thing I’ve ever done, but I don’t care.  I may start caring when the thermostat that controls my office temperature mysteriously creeps up to 85 (no lie!), but [...]

sicko

On Monday I came down with the virus that felled my husband last week.  I spent the next two days in a Nyquil coma but have recovered enough to return to the land of the working, and the knitting.  I finished these socks!  I’ve had this vibrant skein of Hello Yarn in Snuzzle in my [...]

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