FO: DH’s new green socks
Aaaaaand here they are, in all their glory: These socks comprise many of my favorite sock-knitting techniques to date. I prefer techniques that work well and are easy to memorize, so for those of you...
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Admittedly, I haven’t written much in the past week (heck, I haven’t written anything). But, I have an excellent excuse reason. Actually, several reasons… #1 reason is, I have a bad Continental...
View ArticleWrap Cardigan, Part 1 – design, yarn, gauge, math
Table of contents for Wrap CardiganWrap Cardigan, Part 1 – design, yarn, gauge, mathWrap Cardigan, Part 2 – whoops, I did it againWrap Cardigan, Part 3 – let’s get this party startedWrap Cardigan, Part...
View ArticleKarla’s Gift
Earlier this year, one of my very good students & friends moved far, far away. Very sad. She is living somewhere warm & sunny now, so I’m not even sure what she’s going to knit from now on....
View ArticleI Can’t Make This Stuff Up
OK, I believe I now have incontrovertible proof that the socks I am currently making trying to make for DH have some kind of curse upon them. You may remember all the trials and tribulations that I...
View ArticleNot Exactly Juvenile, but Delinquent
Good heavens. It’s been a week and a half. I’m a delinquent blogger. According to the thesaurus, you could also say, "behindhand, derelict, disregardful, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, lax,...
View ArticleGus is Ready for Sunday!
So my sister — who, as you may know, is primarily responsible for starting my knitting career — lives in Chicago — where, as you may also know, they got completely socked in by snow yesterday. Read...
View ArticleGreen Mohair FO
Finally, I got something finished! These pics were taken before I washed and blocked it, and the sleeves seemed a little on the short side at the time — but fortunately I was able to block them out a...
View ArticleThere, I Fixed It
OK, I'll be the first to admit that the last post was perhaps a bit premature. Hey, I was excited to have gotten something finished. Thus it was that, after really looking at the difference between my...
View ArticleGetting Back to Knitting Classes at Garden Home
Whew! I just finished updating my sadly-neglected knitting class spreadsheet — including the dates for the next THREE terms at Garden Home Rec Center! I admit, I haven't been doing much teaching, or...
View ArticleUpdates
OK, it’s high time I wrote something new & exciting. Hmmm…! First, let me tell you that the site has gotten just a teensy bit better, with the addition of two new pages: look up at the top, on...
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