I have been pretty busy lately and Stitches West is to blame. First, I have a project that has been toiling in obscurity for years… My Central Park Hoodie. I haven’t mentioned it here in over a year, and the pattern, project, and yarn all relocated to different unknown locations. …
I worked enough today to reward myself with a little knitting. Both of the Central Park Hoodie sleeves are underway. I know you are wondering about the bright pink post-it in the corner of the picture… It is my crazy notes on how many rows and increases remain. The eagle-eyed …
It seems like it has been a long time since I even showed you any knitting. But I am working on a few projects. My Central Park Hoodie has a completed back, and I am working on one of the front pieces. I accepted the fact that I am not …
I have been talking about my craftiness everywhere but here, so I’ll update you on what I have been up to. But first, a commercial for myself. My Lunar Eclipse Merino Roving is currently featured on the front page of etsy, so hurry over there and look (This only lasts …
If you wind up just one ball of your new yarn before you loan your ballwinder to a friend, and you make a really quick gauge swatch, and it turns out perfectly, you are supposed to start the sweater right away even if you already have a million projects in …
Back home in the middle of the country, when the first ice coats the streets the local news goes crazy. They send all of their field reporters out to the salt barn for on the spot news. The salt barn is a giant shed where the city stores its supply …
If it seems like I have been busy finishing crafty projects, let me show you what I haven’t been doing….. I present a gallery of barely UNfinished objects on the couch of shame. To begin, at the top left, the drop stitch cardigan from the Fall 2005 Interweave knits. The …
You might not want to read this for two reasons. the first is that i am going to talk about how sick i was the last two days. really sick. some horrible gut wrenching flu that sucked the life out of me. Really, it was the kind of flu that …
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.’