I’m here. Honest I am. It’s just… well, I probably won’t be posting this week. I’ll be back as soon as I am able. In the meantime, check out the call-out I got on Lime & Violet’s Daily Chum! Cool.

My wonderful test knitters, Kristie and Kathryn, declared that the pattern is done, so I released it this morning. It’s available for sale on the pattern page, and here on Ravelry.

I probably should have joined the Ravelympics Sock Put. I can’t seem to stop knitting socks. Case in point: West Coast Swing. I started this sock last week after I finished my second Algernon. My head-first dive into stitch dictionaries found a stitch pattern called Swing. Because my parents met during the 1950s when swing […]

As you no doubt figured out from yesterday’s brief post, we are home again. Yea! I have a few more photos from Vegas to share with you before we get to the knitting. First up: Dave in the little tiny kitchen in our suite. Next: our view at night. As nice as it is to […]

I’m here. Honest I am. It feels like years have gone by since I posted. I’ve been knitting and pattern-writing like there’s no tomorrow. I even have pictures! Alas, just no time to post. I’ll be back soon. Hopefully even tomorrow.

I’ve never enjoyed hot weather. Not even when I was a kid. Well, especially not then, as I grew up in an area that got quite warm, and we didn’t have an air conditioner. Dad and I would go to a local high school pool and go swimming to cool off… when he had the […]

I actually have progress pictures for you—first time in ages! Let’s start with Algernon. The second one is almost done. I guess you can tell by this what decision I came to yesterday. Yup. Gotta finish the sock. How could I not? So close! If I’d been more awake last night I would have just […]

Yup. I’m in Vegas right now. With Dave, of course. We’re here to use up some timeshare points before they expire, so it’s not so much a vacation as a change of venue. Three laptop computers on the dining room table, a high-speed Internet connection, plenty of air conditioning, and we’re in like flint.
Once […]

Algernon is ready to go. Thank you Kristie for test knitting this sock. The pattern is available as a .pdf download in my brand new pattern shop and on Ravelry for $5.00.
Speaking of the new pattern shop, please stop by: Fiber Dreams.

Yarn: Zephyr Wool-Silk, Plum, 775 yards.
Beads: Size 8/0 seed beads, 10 grams, inside purple.
Needles & hooks: US size 5 (3.75 mm) circulars. Size 14 crochet hook for attaching beads. Crochet hook for provisional cast on.
Gauge: Haven’t figured out the gauge yet.
Finished size: Hm. I still need to measure it, too. It’s about 72 x 36.
Notes: […]