It’s springtime in Alabama

Don’t blink, or you’ll miss it.  SB and I went backpacking last weekend – a short trip to the Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve about two and a half hours northwest of Birmingham, in Colbert County.  The Preserve is owned and operated by the Lacefields – a husband/wife team who have been steadily buying up [...]

slow going

My Ariosa Wrap Cardi is slowly growing.  I finished the back and fronts quickly (lace pattern on size 9 needles will do that), but lost my will to knit when I realized last week that the Amanda Jacket just wasn’t going to cut it.  I picked the needles back up Wednesday, seamed the shoulders and started [...]

spiced chickpeas with spinach

Last month I had one of those great Saturdays.  I woke up energized, cleaned my kitchen and immediately proceeded to mess it up by cooking lunch.  Weekend lunches usually consist of leftovers around our house, so this was truly an occasion. Perhaps it was my neighbor’s gift of fresh cut flowers that inspired me! I subscribe to a [...]

friday fiber

I’ve had enough angst for this week, how about some pretty yarn in celebration of Friday? This is Kitchen Sink Dyeworks’ merino/bamboo, spun in December and finally finished last weekend. SW merino/seacell from River’s Edge Weaving Studio that I bought at the January Spin-In.  This yarn bled quite a bit in the bath, I probably [...]

I’m a hard knitter

You know the phrase, Work Smarter, Not Harder?  If it were applied to knitting, I’d be a hard knitter.  I can knit stitches like there’s no tomorrow, if it’s speed you’re looking for, I’m your gal.  I’m not the fastest knitter by far, but I daresay I’m pretty productive.  But productivity doesn’t really matter if [...]

for once, it’s not me

Just got a reply from Lisa Lloyd, designer of the Amanda Jacket and all the beautiful patterns in A Fine Fleece, and apparently there is an error in the number of decreases given in the pattern for at least two of the sizes, but not addressed in the errata. I’m going to decrease until I [...]

smackdown

Things were going so well. I knit my third Amanda sleeve.  It matched the second sleeve.  I joined the sleeves to the body and my stitch count was perfect.  It was a happy union.  I knit 1″ on the body and started the raglan decreases.  One inch later, I began the neck decreases.  Approximately 20 rows [...]

sleeves, sleeves

I love to knit sleeves.  It makes my day to knit a sleeve.  Or two.  Or three. Why else would I knit three sleeves for my Amanda Jacket? It couldn’t be because… A.   I decided I didn’t really like the contrasting cuff; or B.  I’m optimistic that I’ll have enough handspun to knit the entire [...]

weekend of surprises

What a great weekend!  Saturday morning, SB went to the post office and came home with a package for me!  I love getting treats in the mail! Diane at Wool and Spice had a contest recently and I won!  Unfortunately, I cut off the title of the magazine, but it’s The Knitter, a new UK-based knitting [...]