I spent a good chunk of yesterday getting caught up on the paperwork I should have done on Tuesday, blocking the lace scarf I knit over Thanksgiving week (no, I don’t have a picture yet, was going to do that this morning), getting stuff ready for the post office, actually going to the post office, […]
It seems like years since I posted in my blog. But you see, we were out of town all last week. Just got back yesterday afternoon. We were so exhausted from driving more than a thousand miles in two days (actually 1,086 miles/1,749 kilometers), that we were in bed and asleep before 9 pm.
I […]
What’s this? Coco and a, uh, stuffed turkey are bogarting my cocktail.
I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
I got this from Angela. Thank you, girlfriend.
T’was the night of Thanksgiving, but I couldn’t sleep,
I tried counting backwards, I tried counting sheep.
The leftovers beckoned, the dark meat and white,
But I fought the temptation with […]
I saw this over on Brenda’s blog. I’ve been saving it.
What’s your favorite sock yarn? (Please note that the word ‘yarn’ is singular. Just pick one. I know it’s hard.) I really haven’t used all that many different sock yarns. Hm. At the moment, I think my favorite is Fleece Artists’s Basic Merino. It knits […]
Got you on my mi-iii-iiind.
Four years ago today, after having been together twelve years and engaged for only six weeks, Dave and I got married.
We went up to northern California, and got married at home, in the house I grew up in, a lifetime of memories surrounding us, the living room furniture pushed […]
The vine lace socks are coming along swimmingly. I have four inches knit on the cuff already. Another inch and a half, and I’ll start on the heel flap. This pattern is a lot of fun so far. The lace pattern is very easy to memorize, and every other row is just knit, so it’s […]
Hm. That doesn’t sound quite right somehow. It’s true, though! After many years of avoiding any clothing even remotely brown in color I’ve had a change of heart and decided to again embrace the color.
Why would I avoid brown for many years you ask, when as a brunette it’s one of my best colors? […]
Yarn: Fleece Artist Basic Merino, in Blue Lagoon
Needles: Size 1 DPNs, set of 5
Also need: 2 cable needles
Gauge: 7.5 sts/inch in pattern stitch
Notes: Once I got used to the unusual 5-stitch twist, these socks all but flew off my needles. They were really fun to knit. The stitch pattern goes down the heel, giving […]
Yarn: JaggerSpun Zephyr Wool-Silk 2/18, 1,000 yards, Aegean Blue
Beads: Size 8/0 beads, silver lined
Needles: Size 5 (3.75 mm) Addi Lace, size 5 (3.75 mm) double pointed, size 13 (.85 mm) crochet hook for beading, size E or greater hook for provisional cast on chain
Finished size: 24 x 72 inches
The pattern is available for download. Pattern […]
Making quick progress on this pair of socks. Very quick. Amazingly quick, even. I’m rather surprised. Maybe I’ve simply knit enough socks so far this year that they’re flowing better. Maybe that’s it. Regardless, I’ll be done before too much longer. I wrote up the pattern as I knit the first sock, and I’m testing […]