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 …
I bought a blythe doll a while ago, and have been dying to make some clothes for her. This weekend i whipped up a little sweater for her. It was quick and loads of fun. I knit it in the round out of some Lisa Souza sock yarn (Heels and …
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 …
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. …
I am so close to finishing my rogue hoody that i am wearing it right now. Everything but the zipper. I don’t have any pictures of the finished object, but i do have a picture of the sleeves blocking on my high-tech blocking board (towels on a cardboard box). I …