*NOTE* I’ve been working frantically today, but I should have the Hidcote Garden Shawl up and ready for purchase in an hour or two. I hope you all like it. It’s 12 pages long! With 9 pages of charts! My sister tagged me with a meme! Normally I reserve the right to refuse any meme […]
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O is for…..
(I’m skipping N, shuddup) Oak! I grew up in Southern California, with the California Live Oak. As a kid I never knew what everyone was talking about when they said “oak tree”. I didn’t see any oak trees. I saw ACORN trees. Peach trees produce peaches, orange trees produce oranges, almond trees make almonds… so […]
Much to the pleasure of a certain blogger, I have picked up the Hidcote Garden Shawl again, and she is nearing completion. I finally decided on a way to continue (one that I am happy with at least. I came up with a MILLION ways to continue, including frogging the whole damn thing, but I […]
How to Bead Your Icarus
OK, sorry for the delay, but here it is. How to add beads to your Icarus shawl. Background: I had included beads in each of the edge points in my original design, to add weight and glitz to a simple shawl, but when Interweave Knits told me they wanted to publish it, they nixed the […]
Piece of (Strawberry) Cake
I have finished the Crushed Strawberry Socks! They were fun and fairly quick, and honestly, I like the fit other than being too short for me (I decided to make them for the long-range planning department, as I couldn’t fathom knitting something for myself when I see Christmas looming along with all the other stuff […]
Apparently I am She-of-the-Messy-Desk…
… and She-Who-Takes-Crappy-Photos. Anyway, these are the socks I’m working on right now. The yarn is stuff that Ms. Stitch-n-Snitch dyed and I purchased. I think the color was called “Crushed Strawberries” but I’m too lazy to go trauling through her archives to find it 😉 But yes, I’m back to knitting for a purpose, […]
Presenting… The Riverwide Scarf
I cast off on Friday, blocked it Friday night and took pictures this weekend. Voila! Fini! Yarn: Renaissance Dyeing Crewel Wool in lots of colors. Pattern: My own, soon to be available as a kit from Renaissance Dyeing, and possibly as a pdf… we’ll see. Needles: US 4 (3.5mm) Addi Turbo 32″ circular. Gauge: 5 […]
"Prooogress, we're making Prooooooogress!"*
Now that I have relaxed a bit, I’m finally making some progress. The remaining yarn for the Renaissance Wool scarf came in the mail, and I’m in the home stretch! And as you can see, the Spearfish Sock is moving along slowly, but surely. It’s nice to be knitting things that make sense again. And […]
Blessed
I had a good weekend, having spent Saturday trying to relax, rejuvinate and get back all that I’ve lost in the last few months of hectic, but it didn’t come flooding back until Sunday. Sunday was C’s birthday, and I spent the morning (while he was sleeping) obsessively frustrated with the Hidcote shawl* and stressing […]
Yargh…
I am *this* close to joining Sock Wars. Perhaps I will take stock of my sock yarn this weekend and if I can get something finished within the next week, then I will join. I’m up to 7 pages of charts for the Hidcote shawl! And I’m REALLY not done yet. I still have another […]
