I’m still trying to shake this stupid cold I’ve got. I’m still feeling stuffy and slow. When I realized near the end of my work day that I hadn’t had the urget to knit, I got worried. Then I decided that maybe it’s because what I’m knitting is the cabled… Read More »Sickies need socks
First, I finished the green monster Frozen Leaves on New Years’ Day. I didn’t have to eliminate or fudge any rows, and it wasn’t an epic game of yarn chicken since the remaining yarn can still be measured in yards, not inches. But, it was close with less than a… Read More »New Year, New Adventures
It’s New Year’s Eve, so we’re counting the hours now until the midnight. In Germany, fireworks are legal (if you’re not from the states – know that they are various levels of legal/illegal in each state for amatures and many states greatly restrict them) and the celebrations began as soon… Read More »Countdown
Just how involved blocking is varies based on the object, yarn and your goals. For socks, it’s just giving them a wash and laying them out to dry. For sweaters, it often means simply tugging and pinning the shapes into the right sizes. For lace, it can be more complicated… Read More »Blocking a mobius
For those who celebrate, I hope you had a Merry Christmas. We had a lovely relaxed Christmas. I did a lot of the cooking Monday so that Tuesday morning was just the turkey and making the cranberry chutney. We had a Christmas lunch and then headed out for beers at… Read More »Christmas Crafting Time
You think assembling Ikea furniture is a quick and easy project. I’m pretty sure that most of the world considers assembling flat packed furniture like Ikea stuff to be at best an annoyance and at worst a frustrating hair-pulling experience involving many swear words. Yet, Saturday afternoon I found myself… Read More »You know you knit too much when…
I know there are one-project-at-a-time knitters, crocheters and spinners out there. I have even met a couple. If that works for them, that’s great. But I think saying that you “get things done more quickly” is BS. If you know yourself, and know that if you let yourself start multiple… Read More »Multi-Project knitters get things done
TheEnabler and I replentished our squash stores this weekend. There were butternut squashes back in our grocery store and we pounced on a pumpkin we saw at one of the small grocers downtown with a feeling of relief. We’d come to the realization that we would only have one pies’ worth… Read More »Renewed Food Stores
Progress on the Luck Dragon socks continues. TheEnabler makes gleeful sounds each time he sees me working on them. I’m about 3/4 of the way through sock #1 and based on a quick weigh of my ball of yarn, should be in the clear to get two socks from it.… Read More »Dragon Fire
We haven’t buckled and turned on the heat yet (well, except 30min in my office only that one super cold rainy day early in October). This is thanks to three things: 1) good insulation, 2) being cheap (me, not my husband), and 3) good woolies. We’re both clad in nice… Read More »Woolie Chic
