Just got lucky

No, I’m not channeling Loverboy.  Although I could.  Cause the Kid is Hot Tonight! Cinnamon doesn’t approve of my sweater. I finished my SAFF Sweater!  You’d think with all the dyeing I do that I could manage to touch up my roots! Sewed in the zipper before SAFF and got SB to take my FO [...]

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Brand new scissors, bought just for the occasion.  I figured if they’re pink, they’re likely to stay in my possession longer. Steeking pictures courtesy of Blogfree Ginny. Thanks, girl! raw edges pretty floats 7&7 with the flowers I’d practiced my cutting on earlier in the morning sewing down the front edging and the neck facing [...]

OH NO!

You’re going to do WHAT?!?!?!? Someone told my sweater what I’m planning to do to it!  ha-ha.  Sorry, I couldn’t resist, that’s what this photo looked like to me! Last night I made the crochet edging for where I’ll cut the steek, washed and rinsed my sweater and it’s currently drying on my dining room [...]

decisions are a killer

Ever have a project you’re working on, and you just can’t decide how to proceed?  I’m in that place, and I’m really not happy about it. As soon as I make a decision, “I’m going to do a crochet steek and wash and block my sweater TONIGHT,” I get conflicting advice that makes me rethink everything.  [...]

yarn and knitting and maracas

Did I mention that I won a contest last week?  No?  Well, I did!  And my spoils prize arrived Saturday! Look at that cute giftcard!  Jennie, I’m totally going to copy you and create some of my own!  Also going to copy you on those super-cool kneehighs!  Yum!  I knew the yarn was coming because [...]

Muscle shirts only from this day forward!*

Can I tell you how much I hate knitting sleeves? They won’t get any longer, no matter what I do. I knit them a MINIMUM of 1.5 hours per day, steadily going round and round that Addi lace turbo size 5 needle (the one that turns my fingers black every time I use it), two sleeves [...]

my cheatin’ heart

Y’all, I am so sick of thinking about this sweater.  I need to stop thinking about it and just knit the damn thing.  It’s not like I haven’t given myself breaks from it, either.  I’ve spun.  I’ve dyed.  I’ve demonstrated spinning.  I spun up three new colors this weekend because I convinced myself that I [...]

spin knit dye

This is what I’ve been doing lately. Last Saturday during the fleece washing, I finished spinning the Louet pencil roving and plied it up.  I have no idea what this will become, but it was very easy to spin and I really loved seeing the colors after spinning all that brown wool for my sweater. [...]

Practice sleeves?

I like them fine, except apparently I can’t do math.  They’re a little big. I can’t decide whether to leave them as-is, since if I do steek this sweater, I’ll wear it as a cardigan/jacket with a shirt underneath, or rip back and start over with fewer stitches. This is an argument in favor of [...]

project update

I know it seems like I’ve been this whirlwind of activity, working on my SAFF sweater, and the reason for this is two-fold.  First, I have to give credit to the roving I spun. See how light and lofty this is? I’m not sure how it was processed as I bought it in roving form [...]

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