I wanted to see how far I’ve really gotten, so last night after getting a fair amount of knitting done on the new shawl I traded needle tips for plugs, got the fabric wet, and pinned it out on the bed to block and dry over night. Blocking this way is far from perfect, but […]
Dee at Posh Yarn received the Tilia patterns that I sent her before running off to TNNA. She’s kitted them up with 26 glorious colors of her luscious Diana yarn, and will be selling them starting at 8 pm UK time on Wednesday. The official preview will go up on her site tomorrow (Tuesday), but if […]
Dave and I had a fabulous time in Columbus, Ohio for the summer TNNA trade show. We talked to tons of people, fondled lots of fabulous yarn, and managed to find time for some fun along the way.
Getting there
Our flight out of southern California was on time, but early, early, early. A friend came […]
My computer’s still sick, so I’m still using the laptop. It’s sitting on the bar in the family room, and to use it I either sit on a bar stool that has no back support, or stand. Needless to say, I’ve about had it for the day. I didn’t want to leave you completely, though, […]
Sorry, no photos for you today. We got home from TNNA in Columbus at 5:30 yesterday evening, and are still recovering. It was an awesome trip. I can’t even begin to tell you how glad we are that we went. We met fabulous folks, each took a class, met fabulous folks, went to the ballgame […]
You maybe, but not me. Sorry to tease you. Even after years of the occasional attempt, and actually (at least sometimes) enjoying the smell of it, I still abhor coffee. The coffee I’m talking about here is the color. Colors. My good friend Denise (sadly blogless) loves her coffee, and each week as I work […]
It’s official. I’m delighted that I ripped out all that knitting and all those beads last week and started over with different beads. Though for a lot of things I do like matching the color of the beads to the yarn so that the beads just add a little sparkle, a little texture, it turns […]
Dave thinks the lovely taupe color of this yarn looks like dust bunnies. Especially from a distance. Especially when the knitting is bunched up and small, like it is now.
Yes, you heard me say, “Small, like it is now.”
This is because all that lovely knitting that I showed you the other day is gone. All […]
I started working on the triangular version of Domus Aurea the other day. Until a few minutes ago when I was upstairs taking pictures I was tickled pink with it. Now I’m not. Why you ask? Because it’s clear to me now. I should have used black beads.
If I’d used black beads, the diamond […]
As far as lace shawls go, Midnight Garden is about as far as you can get from Domus Aurea. Well, about as far as I’ll probably go, anyway. Midnight Garden is a triangle instead of a rectangle; it’s knit with fingering weight yarn instead of a fine lace weight; when the knitting’s done there are […]