A little over a month ago, my husband and I learned that one of my family members has a terminal cancer diagnosis. As we don’t live nearby and due to Covid can’t even visit (literally probably can’t get there – definitely can’t in any helpful way thanks to quarantine rules),… Read More »A Last Project for a Very Knit Worthy Person
So, I must confess… we’ve had a couple visits from the delivery people this week. The first was to deliver some yarn I’d ordered from a shop in Berlin, Wollen Berlin. This is one of the shops I visited in Berlin what seems like ages and ages ago (hmm… probably… Read More »Can You Have Too Much Orange?
After two weeks of project monogamy, the rebound has hit me hard. It’s not so much startitis (though I did start one new project) as bouncing between various things I had going already. I worked away at my Pollen Gold fiber, finishing up the last of the singles and getting half… Read More »Rebound Projects
Okay, I realize the title of this post is a little… how shall we put it? A little silly? But I’ll get to the reason soon. First, a quick update on the Pollen Gold fiber I’ve been spinning: 3/4ths of the fiber is now spun into singles. The color is… Read More »Squee!
I finished the modified Päivätär Socks yesterday evening. I didn’t quite make it in my two week goal, as Friday was day 15. But really, I think that was pretty good. I had a very busy work week and TheEnabler and I had some other chores to handle over the… Read More »15 days and One Pair of Socks Later
But I’ve been busy knitting. Well, and working. Work is getting pretty busy too… So two Mondays ago (whoops! where did the time go?) my Stephen & Penelope yarn package arrived with wooly goodness: I’m thrilled with how the orange and magenta go together, so these are what I’m going… Read More »A bit behind on posting
I’ve been doing a little more spinning again, with a lovely Devonia blend called “Pollen Gold” from John Arbon Textiles: I now have two 25gr turtles spun, with two more to go. I feel like I’ve finally got a good sense of both the fiber and the spindle, and I’m… Read More »Clearly not an allergy sufferer
I’m still working on my stream abstract in felt, but I’m getting closer to finished, and I made some more progress on it today. Initially this was hampered by two fluff balls: I’d laid it out on the floor before starting so that I could take a photograph of how… Read More »Can there be too much color?
Just a quick post tonight before I hop on our Friday night family Zoom call: I’ve picked my “Oppositional” top back up and I’ve finished the central blue/green reverse stockinette section. I did some short rows and some gentle decreases towards the waist after the bust – not super form… Read More »Friday Flash Post
Well, Maybe a day too late? We have had some proper winter weather this week – several inches of snow built up over several days of regular snowfall and unusually cold temps for this part of the world. Depending on your preference, our lows at night are in the teens… Read More »Finished just in Time
