Because we live in fire country, the county makes us—quite reasonably, I think—cut down the weeds in our yard every year. At least once. On occasion, during wetter years, we’ve had to do it twice; the first time is always mid April, the second time, if required, is usually in August. I think. Unless we […]

I have no new pictures for you today. I know. Can you believe it? And I’m bothering to post, too, mostly to share my backwards progress.
First up: Cathy at Twist is awesome. Not only has she hung in there with me through the continuing saga of the black Malabrigo Lace, but she also dug […]

I showed the vine shawl (Dulcavina?) to Kristie yesterday afternoon when we got together, and she agreed. That black Malabrigo Lace is half the diameter of the other Malabrigo Lace, and that includes the gorgeous Tuareg that she’s knitting doing her test knit with. And it just doesn’t look right. We talked about the potential […]

The day started fine. Early. Too stupid early, but fine nonetheless. I had my day all planned out. Everything was going along just fine. Took my shower. All nice and clean. Started to clean out my ears, best time to get the guck out is when the ears are warm and damp. Pulled the cotton […]

Our house is upside down. It’s because of the hill, and the way the streets are laid out here. We’re on the downhill side of the street, so you walk into the house on the top floor where the living room, dining room, family room, and kitchen are. The bedrooms are downstairs, and my office, […]

On Monday I posted about my dissatisfaction with the way the beautiful Bambino yarn from Chameleon Colorworks was pooling. Out came the knitting. And boy, am I glad. So far I only have a half inch of knitting done on the smaller needles, but the colors are behaving, not yet pooling at all. The colors […]

I finished up the body of the vine stole late yesterday afternoon, and started swatching the third vine design. This is a double vine. As you vine back and forth, the gaps are filled with nice leaves. I think I like it. I’m going to work this new motif on my small Malabrigo swatch, and […]

Pattern: Amanda’s Squatty Sidekick; on Ravelry.
Yarn: Newton’s Yarn Country Merino Felt Wool, most of one 500 yard hank, green.
Needles: 10½ KnitPicks Options.
Elapsed time: February 15, 2008 to April 2, 2008.
Finished size: 11¾ wide x 6¼ high, after felting, not including the handle.
Notes: Now I understand. This felting thing that’s been all the rage of late […]