Archive for June, 2008

Dividing and joining

Monday, June 9, 2008

I’ve been thinking about what to name the green sock I’m working on, and Rivulets simply doesn’t do it for me. Close. Right theme, wrong name. I liked the river idea, so let my brain flow around that one for a little while, thought of a few of the rivers I know here in California: […]

I’m feeling blue

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Well, my fingers are, anyway. Very blue. From green yarn. Check this out—but please don’t look too closely at my “manicure.” I do it myself. And I’m quite lazy about it. So long as the nails don’t snag on things, and they’re close to the same length, I’m fine with it. And the wrinkles! Egads. […]

Clown barf?

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Do you follow Judy’s blog at all? Earlier this year she posted about some socks that she referred to as her clown barf socks. You want to see clown barf? Check this out. My latest attempt failure with the Figgy Pudding yarn. Ghastly, isn’t it? Notice the lack of knitting needles. Yup. It’s a goner.

  

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Canterbury Bells

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Kathryn is one of the speediest knitters out there. No, really. She is. She finished knitting her Canterbury Bells stole only a few days after I finished knitting my scarf, and I was already half way done when she started. See? Fast! Huge thanks to you again, my dear, for your wonderful test knitting skills, […]