Last night, I turned the heel on the new STR sock club sock and in a flurry of knitting, worked my way almost to the toe. I loved the slipstitch (purl) heel so very very much that I stopped mid heel to snap a few pictures for posterity. The heels are made by slipping knit [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Did I Mention
Posted in Bunny, new projects, project photos, Socks, Socks that Rock, sweater on March 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Wow, Knitters are so Fickle
Posted in Musings, new projects, new yarn, project photos, Socks, Socks that Rock on March 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I know last week I was all about the new Cat Bordhi sock, and while I had the best of intentions to stay loyal to that sock, this week everything changed when I went to the mail. And found this: I haven’t loved a kit this much since the Monsoon kit that came out in [...]
Insert Catchy Title Here
Posted in Book Review, Cat Bordhi, FO's, lace, new projects, project photos, Socks on March 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I finished the Hedera socks today. It would have been sooner, however, I couldn’t find my darning needles for a few days and it’s very hard to Kitchener stitch a toe without a darning needle. So, here they are in all their glory! Pattern: Hedera (Ravelry Link) by Cookie A. Yarn: Dream in Color Smooshy [...]
Let’s Review, Shall We
Posted in Monkey, Musings, project photos, Socks, sweater on March 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Still waiting on the extra ball of yarn to finish the Big Blue Sweater. Seems as though I may be able to get my hands on one this weekend as someone I know offered to return one to my LYS as she had extra. I teach there every Sunday, so I should have the sweater [...]
Still No Sweater
Posted in new projects, project photos, Socks, sweater on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I swear, the big blue sweater is eating yarn. Or, maybe the baby is eating the yarn. Either way, I have run right smack out of yarn… again. Which is weird, since the pattern, featured in this months aptly named Knitting magazine calls for 5 balls of the yarn I am using. I bought five [...]
One Skein Short of a Sweater
Posted in project photos, sweater on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have been marching right along on the blue project that I posted about at the end of February. The good news is that although it’s a bit of a fire hazzard (given it’s 49% acrylic content), I still really like it and am looking forward to finishing it. The bad news is that I [...]
Now I Want a Pony…
Posted in Bunny, project photos on March 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Talk about throwing it out to the universe. A few days ago I blogged that I wanted, above all, to leave the legacy of knitting with my children. And the very next day (I kid you not!), totally unprompted, my kid comes to me and out of the blue, asks me if I will teach [...]
Something I Pondered
Posted in Bunny, Monkey, Musings, Socks on March 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Two things happened this week, which made me ponder both just how lucky I was to stumble over the whole knitting thing and just how unlucky I was that no one of significance in my life taught me how to knit. See, over the weekend, as part of my job (I am so darned fortunate [...]
