Friday fiber

Remember this fiber? It became these singles Which turned into this plied yarn I can’t wait to knit (something) with it!  I highly recommend Julia’s roving if you like well-saturated colors and wonderfully soft fiber – and who doesn’t?  The knitting is finished on my Hexacomb Cardi.  I still have to sew in the sleeves and [...]

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, [...]

useful knowledge

I’ve finally got my thoughts and self organized a bit, at least enough to post about last weekend’s Useful Knowledge seminar hosted by Little Barn in Huntsville, Alabama.  First off, the instructors were fabulous.  Stefania Isaacson taught a class on thrummed mittens on Friday which was interesting and I got this far on my mitten: [...]

Today’s my Friday!

Hurrah!  Tomorrow morning earlyearlyearly I’m heading up to Huntsville to take a class from Stefania Isaacson and Saturday I’m taking a class from Merike Saarniit!  I’m really excited, both about taking classes from these fabulous instructors and also because I’m staying with Meg tomorrow night!  I’ve been trying to clear off some bobbins in preparation for [...]

I swatch for fun.

When I’m in between projects or doing something that requires more of my attention than my current knitting project will allow but sitting empty-handed makes me feel listless, I swatch.  I’ll often grab needles and yarn and cast on and just knit.  No project in mind.  Doing this allows me to see how the yarn [...]

madness

I’ve cast on for a new project. I couldn’t help it; it was just so … fluffy. It’s one of the new patterns available on Interweave’s website, the Airy Cardigan. I saw it and I couldn’t stop thinking about it.  I had an enormous hank of mohair I bought at SAFF in my stash – [...]

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!  [...]