Probably my favorite part about stitches is the knitting train. I call the weekly car pool to our knitting night ‘the knitting train,’ but this one is for real. From previous experience, I have prepared myself to not get any of the free goodies the knitting train promises. They always …
Almost immediately after professing my love of SwapBot, I have decided to organize my own swap. For some reason I have been fascinated with granny-squares lately. I think they are the perfect destiny for acrylic yarn. Since I have been secretly dreaming of a granny-square afghan for myself I started …
I participated in a swap of pink and brown items, some of which should be thrifted. I had and awesome swap partner, Jan. Look what I got! Jan made me an apron that is sooo beautiful. she is a much better seamstress than I am! Other treats included a vintage …
Stitches West 2007 is tomorrow and I am ready. I have a list Courtesy of the card generator And a plan of attack I have a bag full of snacks, which must be consumed in order to make room for yarn. I also have a bunch of buttons, so say …
I dyed some rovings and put them up in the shop. They are all about 4 ounces of a super-soft Australian merino roving (21.5 micron), and all were kettle-dyed in my crock-pot. I think that the crock pot method makes the best color blends, and it requires no skill or …
I forgot to celebrate my own blogiversary last week…. 3 years. There was one point when I was thinking I should I have a contest to celebrate, but I am not too clever at the moment. We’ll put that off until later. Thanks for reading, and thanks for all the …
I find myself leaving the house and grabbing a “to-go” knitting project to take with me, often socks. Nothing like knitting away while waiting in line at the post office, or in a waiting room, or trapped at an awful social event. Usually I have just a little mesh project …
First off a big thanks to Natalie for mentioning the Treasury Project on the Craft: blog today! I am daunted by the fact that no one has volunteered for the Mosaic knitting book yet. Really, if you go out and buy the book just for this, you won’t be disappointed. …
Every once in a while, someone has a stroke of knitting genius. I think one just happened. While reading Get Your Hook On, Kathy mentioned the start of the Walker Treasury Project. A fantastic idea conceived by Nicole (she’s the one with a stroke of genius). The goal of the …
I am upgrading to WordPress 2.1 today*, so my blog might not work properly. Please excuse the mess! *Actually, I started last night, but I broke it. so now I have to fix it. Edit Ho hum. I got it working, but I can’t have tags and anything else working …