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 [...]

what a great day!

Why am I so happy today?  Here’s a little list: 1.  We went to Indiana to visit my family over the long weekend.  Yesterday I woke up to this.  I made my family go for a walk in the snow, nevermind that it was 16 degrees with 0 degree windchill.  It was cold.  It was [...]

Genmaicha mitts

This was a quick little knit that took me four days. I absolutely love them, even if they are a tad large.  The yarn, Mountain Colors Bearfoot in the Granite Peak colorway, was a gift from Janet that’s been waiting patiently in my stash for the perfect project.  The pattern was interesting, easy to follow, and I [...]

aftermath

Whew!  What a great holiday!  I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, if you celebrate, and if not, I hope you enjoyed your time off work!  I finished my Christmas knitting in the nick of time… I’d say the wee scarf was a hit, no?  I made it for my grandson, and yes, you [...]

Squishilicious

Everyone knows how popular the Noro striped scarf is – Jared started a craze and at the time of this posting, there are over 2,500 projects in Ravelry. I’ve always thought they were pretty but I have one skein of Silk Garden in my stash and that’s not nearly enough for a scarf.  I do, however, [...]

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