The Marlene Socks are finished. Digging these. I made these exactly as the pattern called for, using sport weight yarn. I know there are a lot of you out there that have made these in fingering weight. I don’t get it. How could it even be possible that they would go over a human sized [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Cast Off; Cast On; Repeat as Needed
Posted in FO's, gauge, project photos, Socks, yarn stuffs on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Busy is as Busy Does
Posted in house, Life, Musings, new projects, new yarn, project photos, Socks on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have overextended myself a little lately and consequently, I have been forced to rush a little to meet some deadlines. We spent the weekend landscaping. It was some tough, let me tell you! Another project taking up a lot of my time is the Cookie A. KAL project #2. For some reason, I decided [...]
Everything’s Coming Up Roses
Posted in new yarn, project photos, sweater on June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Still working on the endless stockinette that is Jane. Coming right along. Miles of stockinette? Check. Rewarding and easy to knit; requiring little thought? Check. Worth it in the end? To be determined. And, worst of all, nothing particularly interesting to talk about today. The kids are all well behaved. I am cleaning closets this [...]
Sweater-itis
Posted in gauge, new projects, project photos, sweater on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve caught the sweater bug again. I guess it was only a matter of time really. So, I cast on for Jane and hopefully this will sufficently scratch that sweater itch. There isn’t much to it yet. But, I like it. Yes, I do. And, I am still waiting to cast on with the Koigu [...]
April Showers Bring June… Snowstorms?
Posted in rant on June 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I don’t think the flowers are going to make it. Do you? But inside, we are all cozy and warm…
I’ve Got the Clap Again, Baby
Posted in FO's, project photos, Scarf, Socks on June 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hey, remember the Clapotis that I posted about back at the beginning of May? Well, I am finally at the dropping stitches part. I had forgotten how liberating dropping stitches can be. I really didn’t like Manos at first. I kind of felt like it was the uglier cousin of Malabrigo. Sort of the black [...]
