preview post

The sweater is finished! I finished the knitting last Monday, which means it took exactly two weeks to knit, but the finishing took almost another week! This is a preview post without modeled shots because … it’s too short.  It’s not obscenely short, I could wear it, but I would be uncomfortable and tugging at [...]

halfway home

Yesterday I blocked the back of my sweater and finished the first sleeve – with just a few yards to spare. Right now I’m judging by weight more than purported skein yardage (and the skeins are weighing heavy, which is good), and am mostly confident that there’s enough yarn to knit the front and second [...]

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 [...]

a different kind of stash

This knitting from the stash thing is really hard!  And it’s only January 5th!  It doesn’t help that Little Knits is having a great sale (Noro Silk Garden sock yarn for 48% off!!!).  I’m going to have to start deleting those emails before opening them. I didn’t ask for any yarn or fiber for Christmas [...]

extremities

I’ve been keeping true to my 2011 mantra – knit from the stash, and finish UFOs. First up is a pair of husband socks that I started before Christmas after giving away his fresh-off-the-needles handspun socks to my son (his feet were cold!  I was helpless!). These should definitely keep his feet toasty!  And to [...]