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 [...]

Holiday knitting

The fact that Christmas is ten days away finally hit me this morning.  Fortunately, I only have two things that I HAVE to have finished – a wee little scarf and a pair of socks. The scarf has been started and frogged but I’m not really worried about that.  I can do garter stitch in [...]

HOME!

Yes, I’m a little excited to be home!  I was wandering around Sunday with Glen Campbell’s Homeward Bound playing in my head, thrilled to pieces to be back.  There’s something comforting in knowing you can walk from the shower to the bedroom naked if you want to (or if you’ve forgotten your robe) and that [...]

Hullo, I have new socks

These socks were my experiment  to see how much sock I could get out of one skein of Lorna’s Laces. I had this much left over, so I definitely could’ve gotten more! The pattern is from Merike Saarniit’s Spinning for Socks class and these are my first successful toe-up socks!  The fit is fabulous.  I didn’t [...]

so close…

I’m almost done with the first sleeve of my Hexacomb Cardi! I practiced complete project monogamy until Sunday afternoon and got all the way to the sleeve cap of the first sleeve.  The body is knit in one piece and then divided for the sleeves.  I’d made the armhole deeper than the pattern called for, [...]

Random Tuesday

Life is busy!  I’m posting randomly! 1.  I’ll get the grouchy out of the way first.  There should be consequences for the person who takes the last cup of coffee before noon and DOESN’T MAKE MORE!  I’m thinking forty lashes but that may be too lenient. 2.  I owe a big thank you to Janet!  [...]

fancy gentleman’s socks

I finished SB’s socks over Thanksgiving and he modeled them for me yesterday.  I did not pose him like this.  He instinctively struck this pose.  He claims to have dancer’s feet and I’m inclined to agree. This pattern has an unusual heel – it’s all stockinette except for one purl ridge.  Looks neat, but we’ll see [...]

SAFF socks

This might qualify as the first FO from a 2007 SAFF purchase! Oh, you want to see them close-up? Okay, okay!  How about a close-up of that heel? My first Eye of Partridge heel.  I like it.  Just in time for Fall! THE STATS Yarn:  White Oak Studio’s Man Without A Name colorway, purchased at [...]

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. [...]

lost and found

Found my knitting mojo!  Friday night I cast on and Saturday evening, I had a sock! I was so pleased with my quick progress that I immediately cast on for another! Yes, yes, I know.  They don’t match.  It’s just…the first one went by so fast that I wanted to save the second sock for [...]

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