I recently discovered Whip up and decided to enter in this weekend’s competition. the idea is to make something crafty inspired by the theme “no fear.” I recently had an inflamed pinguicula on my eyeball and since then i have been super-aware of my eyeball. I haven’t been wearing my …
I went to the UC Botanical Garden’s Spring sale today. I brought home the coolest little garden of carnivorous plants. If you click on the picture, you can see the annotated photo in my flickr gallery. Â
My Deep-V is speeding along… i have completed the waist decreases, so i can’t really try it on easily anymore. It looks pretty curvy… i hope it fits! I had some sock yarn dyeing success…. Inspired by the california poppy (i accidentally typed poopy first -hah!) (photo from flickr)I made …
The deep-V is going great! I love it. My row gauge is a little off, but I think I have compensated for it… Ugh. look how i stuck my hip out in this photo – I have been watching too much ‘America’s next top model.’
I used some handpaintedyarn,com Ejido 160 to start an Incredible Custom Raglan . Unfortunately i followed the directions a little too closely, and made a snug measurement around my neck. Of course, this resulted in the neck hole being the exact size of my neck…. And smaller than my head. …
But it turns out I just recreated one that already exists…. I used some of my handspun leftovers to knit a cadbury egg cozy. Mine looks a little ashamed…. like he just found out he’s not an original after all.
This weekend I spent a little bit of time with my dyepot. My dyepot is a crock pot that i got a garage sale and I couldn’t be happier with it. Every time I dye fibers am a little nervous that everything on the bottom will come out gray or …
I will post something new soon, but I just wanted to tell everyone that some members of our knitting circle have just started their own weblogs! First up is Carmen, a new and avid knitter, and a friend for a long time. She is also my neighbor, and fellow grad …
I’m cheating on all of my other knitting projects with this: It’s a little bit of handpainted Colonia that I bought just to see if i liked the color. I love it…. Look how it is making a double helix in the color pattern. Man, variegated yarns hypnotize me. It …