I finished up the first Candy Wrappers sock over the weekend. Not sure which day that was. Friday night, maybe? Hm. Must have been. We spent Saturday evening with friends, and I didn’t knit when there, so it must have been on Friday. Yesterday I started the next sock, and that does narrow it down […]
Though I’ve knit a few rows on Clapotis and the mystery shawl and on the lace swatch, I don’t have anything of note to say, nor photographs to share regarding those projects. Oh, and while we’re briefly on the subject of knitting, if you’re in the Los Angeles area the middle of next month, you […]
Because of the wonderful Summer Mystery Reading Challenge I’ve found a new (to me) author to add to my list of favorites, Charlotte MacLeod. After finishing her delightful mystery, The Family Vault, I really should have moved on to another new mystery author. After all, I’ve only tried three new authors so far this summer, […]
It’s been feeling a bit like Christmas around here. Especially Saturday and today. Saturday I got a pile of books that I ordered from this seller on Half.com. Since it was one seller, the shipping was relatively reasonable for three books, and the seller shipped them in a nice, well-fitting box.
What did I get?
Why […]
In spite of the fact that I intentionally didn’t spend very much time working on the stole at any one sitting, and spread out the enjoyment of knitting the second clue as much as possible, I still finished it yesterday afternoon.
I’m still in love with this shawl. I love how the border is knit […]
I hope everyone had a safe and fun Fourth of July. We stayed home. Watched movies most of the day. It was great. Since I was just sitting there in front of the TV anyway, I spent most of the day knitting. I finished up the first Monkey sock, and got a good start on […]
I think I was speed knitting this weekend. I was so excited about getting started, and about the beads, that I knit, and knit, and knit, and then I stopped, because I finished the first clue already! I am totally in love with adding beads to knitting this way (with a crochet hook) that I […]
I was finally able to get myself over to my LYS this morning, and asked, very nicely, if I could please use their swift to wind up my yarn. Please. Yes! Score. Now I can finally swatch for the Mystery Stole tonight. Finally. Woot! I wonder if I’ll actually be able to keep myself away […]
Mooching
I got all caught up today at the Book Mooch site. It’s a site where you can trade old books you’ve read for new ones you want. Or new ones you’ve read for old ones you haven’t. Or something like that. I collected up a bunch of books that have been laying around here. Duplicate […]
As usual, I’m not following the pattern exactly as written. I seem to do that a lot. Hm. This time it’s because I don’t have the called-for size 15 knitting needles. The closest I could come is size 13. So, I cast on with those. Since the needles are a little smaller, I also increased […]