In theory, it's all about the fiber – knitting, crocheting, sewing, and spinning – but really, it's all about my life.
In January, Amyknitty posted about a scarf she was doing, laceweight yarn in stockinette on teeny tiny needles. She referred to it as “liberating her laceweight”. I loved the idea, because I love my laceweight yarn, and I have WAY too much of it to ever actually do big fancy stuff with all of it. [...]
First of all, thank you for your lovely comments on the Simply Knitting thing. I am thrilled beyond belief. And if you are looking for it (in the US), remember that it’s the October issue, so we probably won’t see it for another couple of weeks. My copy came directly from the editor I was [...]
So, the Some Like It Hot gloves are progressing nicely. Nothing left to do but 8-1/2 fingers. See: OK, they look like utter crap like that. The ribbing pulls them in. So… a glove with a thumb and 1/2 of a forefinger, modeled: I’m loving these, and I can’t wait to finish them up! And [...]
So, Kris and I were out doing some running around today, and he was nice enough to drive, so that I could get some time in on take two of the Some Like It Hot gloves. I cast them on last night and got through the first cuff while watching the pilot of “Eureka!” with [...]
Clue #2 came out today, and I’ve been working merrily away on it. The design is semi-symmetrical, worked from both ends and grafted together in the middle. From what I can glean so far, it looks like clues #1-5 will be the same on both ends, and then clue #6 will be the center motif, [...]
For years now, I’ve heard people raving about yoga and how good it makes you feel and how awesome it is. I have a few yoga dvds, and I thought, yeah, it was ok, but it wasn’t all that. Tonight, I learned what they were talking about. Monday night, Kris was bs’ing with Carrie on [...]
Yeah, because MS4 wasn’t enough, I started a new project for myself. That is the start of the “Some Like It Hot” gloves from Annie Modesitt’s book Romantic Hand Knits. I’m using Knit Picks Risata in “Burgundy”. And yes, they are on double-points. Try not to faint. And a little something for Amby: Since I [...]
And some other random stuff. So current status of the shawl is… 52 of 82 motifs complete. Progress has slowed a bit, obviously. I’m thinking I might take a break from it and start the skirt, just to break the monotony. Plus, carrying around 4 different colors of yarn and changing them all the time [...]
I’m past halfway! OK, not by much – that’s 45/82 motifs done, but I’m still on a good pace. By the way, that dark red flower-shaped motif up on the right corner is the upper right point, and the one with the blue marker is the bottom point. That should give you an idea of [...]
Did you guys WATCH that 4×100 Freestyle Relay? What a race! See, what you probably don’t know about me is that when I was a kid (erm… junior high-ish), I swam. I won’t say competetively, because I was never very good. I had pretty decent form, but I was just not very fast. I LOVED [...]
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