I know that there are people who swear by knitting two-at-a-time on two needles. I keep giving it a try, but I can never hold out for long. My latest try was on my sweater top, where by splitting front and back onto separate needles it was easier to try… Read More »Just couldn’t take it any longer…
One of my Saturday chores today was to gather the energy and willpower to head to the department store downtown and get underwear. It’s been increasingly clear as pair after pair of (embarassinly old – no, I won’t say) underwear has hit the dustbin that I need to get more.… Read More »Short rows are a busty gal’s best friend
I’ll spare you a photo of mine, but when I tried on the Zinone just before joining front and back, my suspicions that the armhole would not comfortably find my arm were confirmed. There was a nice little gap which could only be covered by serious stretching of the fabric.… Read More »Armpits and adjustments
I finised my Ergane cowl, in time to go with fall colors. We’ve had colder nights, bringing out lots of lovely oranges and yellows on the trees. At the same time, it’s been up in the 70s (around 23-24 C) during the day with plenty of sunshine and a fresh… Read More »Fall colors and a small case of “startitis”
Last Sunday was not, as you may remember, a good day for fluffies. The entire train ride was consumed with detangling yarn. The week has since been better. On Monday, TheEnabler, his college buddy and I took the local train down from Cologne to Bingen, and from there took a… Read More »Cologne and beyond
I finished it. It’s completely cast off, and bigger than I fully realized. It covers more than half of our queen sized bed. I still need to figure out how to block it – I might just have to hold it under the shower… For some context, everything circled in… Read More »Holy Sheep It’s Done!
The blanket it coming along. After a really slow beginning of the week, I’ve now just about caught up to where I need to be. It took me through Thursday to finish both sides of the next stranded colorwork sections: I really needed that done by Tuesday to be on… Read More »Just might get there…
I have stuck to my plan to knit only on the blanket when at home. In the past 8 days I have complete over 90 rows and about 10 inches. On Tuesday I declared with triumph that I was officially half way done the blanket. TheEnabler looked at my, laughed… Read More »I have been good….
Wednesday afternoon I headed for the airport to travel home. It was a crazy realization that “home” meant leaving the US and that I really did feel like I was going home. A first for this trip – I took all of my originally scheduled flights. So of the eight different planes… Read More »Back home and goal setting
As I start this it’s 5am, and I am at Berlin Tegel airport. At 3:30am I got in the taxi with my stuff, which I think is pretty compact for two weeks. The purse and backpack are carefully packed. Heavy things (eg laptop, camera) and stuff I won’t need on… Read More »On the road
