signs of spring

You can’t rely on groundhogs around here.  A much better indication of spring is when my lenten rose starts blooming, and it’s been blooming for a couple of weeks.  (I’m tempted to use an exclamation point but I’m not excited to see spring – we haven’t had winter yet!). I decided to chance it and [...]

summer in the past tense

Someone asked me the other day how my summer was, and I was so happy to hear summer associated with the past!  Oh, I how I love fall and winter and spring and endure summer!  It’s usually about the time that I succumb to the annual Summer Cold (brought on by the lack of fresh [...]

a wearable knit

Last week I talked about plans for spring/summer sweaters and one of the sweaters I’m intrigued by is a free pattern by Berroco – Isolt. It’s the construction that’s peaked my interest – the yarns do nothing for me, to put it kindly.  Last year I bought a couple of lightweight summer yarns, cast on [...]

digging out

Yes, the South actually got snow!  And ice, but in my neck of the woods, it was mostly snow! Here’s my boy, wearing shrimp boots and breaking icicles off my car.  I know the amount of snowfall doesn’t look like much to all my Northern and Midwestern readers, but the street was a sheet of [...]

pssst

Remember me?  I used to blog here, quite frequently at times, not so much lately.  I need to get back into the swing of things. I made some lovely, squishy yarn from a blend Jen created using wool and sari silk.  I’m kicking myself for not buying more of it, for good reason. Not only [...]

up against the design wall

Last week I talked about how there’s not one unadorned, easy-to-get-to, wall in my house that I could use as a design wall.  Friday night, inspiration hit: I scooted the pepper plants aside and stuck the quilt batting to the brick wall on our back porch! Obviously, it’s not a permanent solution, but it allowed [...]

best laid plans, and all that

My yarn substitutions aren’t going to work.  I finished the ribbing and began the first colorwork section, which uses olive, camel and light gray. The colors are indistinguishable from one another.  Which kind of makes the whole idea of a colorwork sweater moot.  I’ve been kicking myself ever since  Meg pointed out to me that [...]

oh, that canadian wool!

It’s some pretty nice stuff. Hard to keep away from, although Mack was temporarily distracted by the flower water. I told myself that I’d stop at a swatch.  Sounds reasonable, yes? I even cast on for a new project, one that is weather-appropriate, using Rowan Denim.  After knitting 2/3 of the back, I realized that [...]

feeling chatty

And what better than a random post to share my chattiness? 1.  I started a Slim Fast diet 2.5 weeks ago.  I lost 4 lbs. (amazing!) the first week, even after cooking for my extended family all weekend AND having a piece of cheesecake for dessert!  However, I lost zero lbs. last week and I’m quickly [...]

death of a sweater

Remember the Abstract Jacket?  I knew going into it that it would be a problem project.  I mean, a pattern without a schematic requires a lot of faith!  Faith that I gathered, and knit on.  The pattern became more of a guideline when I realized it’d end up a dress rather than a jacket if I [...]

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