Last week saw the first of the series of storms that usually brings our cold weather on, and it was so lovely to wear boots for the first time in a long time. The only thing that could make it better was the addition of hand-knit socks inside the boots. I have a whole drawer […]
Miriam Felton
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Ahh Trekking, how do I love thee….
A while back I bought a skein of Trekking in a gorgeous array of burgandy and wine colors. My notes in Ravelry tell me that I got it at the Needlepoint Joint in Ogden, and now I recall carrying it around and petting it on our last SnB knitters outing to Ogden. So when the […]
Happy Halloweeeeeeen!!!!!!!11one
I know, such an original title for today’s post… but LOOK! I have an FO! And JUST in time for Socktoberfest! Yarn: Some Norwegian heavyweight sock yarn that Bonnie dropped on the table at SnB to destash. There were 2 skeins of the tweed and one skein of the white. I tried to find this […]
So I took an unexpected leave of absence….
… and I’m back. It was a bad week, and I didn’t feel like blogging negative things, so I just didn’t blog. But now I’m here and I’ve finished (but not blocked) the Black Pearl Yarns Cashmere pieces. You can see a really boring photo of them all folded up here. But instead of dwelling […]
I forgot a title…. um… Indigo Icarus, there you go!
Today we shall overlook my knitting and distract you with pretties made by other people! Specifically That Laurie of Yarn Harlot guestblogging fame. You may recall that she taught us how to dye with indigo in her multi part post. Well, now we see the fruits of her labor! She knit this Icarus with the […]
When Stupid Sock Creatures Attack!
First off, you have to see the button Marsha made for all of us who still blog even though we don’t have knitting content! Perfect! Thanks Marsha!Now on to other distracting blog fodder! And quite appropriate for Socktober Fest, I think. While browsing the craft book section of the bookstore, I found this AWESOME book! […]
SocktoberFest Kickoff!
Since I joined Socktoberfest, I figured it would be good to do the mememememe, eh? Make sure not to miss the last question… I shocked myself with my answer! When did you start making socks? I think my Junior year of high school… I had been knitting for a year or two, crochetting and cross […]
