weekend projects

We had a busy weekend!  Why does it seem like you work just as hard when you don’ t have anything planned as when you do?  I guess it’s because there’s always something that needs doing! The farmer’s market opened this weekend.  Our tomatoes are still green, so we bought some to make a lunch [...]

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 [...]

Olympic gold

What to say?  The past 16 days have been a whirlwind. Friday night I finished the second sleeve and seamed the shoulders.  I tried it on and knew what I’ve known since I started knitting – this is not my sweater.  No, this sweater is meant for my daughter.  Even my son commented last weekend [...]

analyze this, Bob

The Olympic sweater is rocking along!  As you can see, the body is finished, and I finished the first sleeve this morning.  I am definitely enjoying this challenge, particularly watching the Olympic events (the men’s aerials last night were fabulous!) while working on my own challenge. I debated blocking the body and letting it dry [...]

olympic dreams

Since I started knitting four years ago and began reading knit blogs, I’ve looked forward to the next winter Olympics so I could participate.  It sounds like so much fun – the challenge of selecting a project and race to finish, going for the gold, and all the while watching winter Olympic sports – which [...]

Staghorn

I have pictures! We drove out to Cheaha State Park yesterday and I brought my sweater along in case the opportunity for pictures arose. As we drove into the park, I noticed all this white stuff in the tops of the trees.  My first thought was ‘who in the world toilet-papered these trees!’ IT WAS [...]

revealed

Ah, you know I couldn’t keep you guys in suspense for long!  The sneak peek in my last post is this little lovely from Gedifra: KIDDING!!!  Ha-ha!  Isn’t that horrible?!?  Bulky yarn, novelty yarn, AND a faux fur collar?  What more could you (or the Bride of Frankenstein) ask for, huh? Seriously, this is the [...]

I’d like you to meet Maude

She’s a dummy.  She has no ears, so it doesn’t offend her when I call her that.  She’s a little sumpin-sumpin I found on Craigslist for forty bucks.  Even though she does not adjust to my current measurements, I saw her as a good investment and incentive to get down to HER measurements.  I can’t have [...]

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, [...]

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