Edited to Add: The contest is over! Happy New Year Everyone! A winner will be announced soon. Thanks to everyone for all the inspiration. On Ravelry there is a new group formed with the goal of knitting 10 lace shawls in 2010. Ten Shawls in twelve months. Yeah – it’s crazy. To qualify as…
I think Mom likes her shawl. Wanna see how it turned out? Chris took some photos of me modeling Petals of Pink Champagne before I took it to Mom.
You’ve heard of comfort food right? This morning I told Chris I didn’t feel well and I needed comfort knitting. It’s that knitting that isn’t frivolous and isn’t fancy. It just makes you feel good. And usually it’s fast. I think this is part of why people knit dish clothes (although I’ve never done it…
It’s a little crazy but I joined a group whose goal it is to knit ten lace shawls in 2010. Yeah, ten lace shawls in one year. Crazy – like I said. None of the ten can be cast on before January 1st. Since I’ve recently finished one big lace project (which I cannot show…
Recently I won a prize over on Seasons of Lace and the goodies from Crimson Orchid arrived this week! Below are three stitch marker sets, each with it’s own ring to keep them organized when not in use. The largest ring is a Row Counter Bracelet – it’s really fun! Each of the two coils…
Deadline knitting forces me to invest excessive amounts monogamous knitting time in completing a project. There are no “oooh shiney” diversions when a deadline looms. While in a previous post I wrote that I would not have Mom’s shawl finished in time for Christmas, I then set myself on a path to do just that.…
Here on the creek we like a good cryptic crossword puzzle, primarily The Nation’s puzzle. It arrives weekly and both households take pencil to paper and exorcise our brain cells to twist and turn the clues into the words that only the likes of Frank W Lewis can pull out of his hat. Mr Lewis…
The felted journal tote rocks! Here it is after sewing on the wooden button with swirls that I bought at SWAK. Next step is adding the strap, which won’t happen until I make it back to civilization. var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”);document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”));var pageTracker =…
Today was good. I had an FO (finished object for those not up on their knitting lingo), a Bind Off, and a sugar rush. First up – the FO because it just doesn’t happen often enough. Last Saturday Cathy and I drove to OKC for a SWAK class on Fair Isle knitting. For longer than…
Today Chris bought me a new tea kettle because my old one’s valve was stuck and it no longer whistled. The new one is pretty and shiny. But it has problems releasing the pressure within. Instead of a nice fine whistle, it sounds like a slow ….. fart. The tea kettle is going back…