Last night I finished my Zinone top. I’ve been pretty eager to wear it, so I actually immediately wove in my ends and blocked it instead of pretending cast off = done for a bit. Apologies for the poor picture, but TheEnabler has been swamped with work this weekend so… Read More »Finished!
My visit to the states is just about done. I head to the airport tomorrow morning to catch flight 1 of 3 to get back to Berlin. I made my chief craft goal: the socks are done, and handed off to their recipient – AwesomeE’s mum (who is also pretty… Read More »Finishing up…
When I left Potsdam, one of the items in my suitcase was a project bag stuffed full of yarn goodies for others, whether finished or yarn for fellow knitters. I’ve now delivered the cowl to its intended recipient (my brother, who just announced he’ll be in Hawaii for the next couple… Read More »Bag of goodies getting smaller…
Somehow this happened. Be honest, the colors are a bit too subtle aren’t they? And yup, that’s another pair of socks on the needles. I went two whole days between finishing one pair and starting the next this time. That’s more than twice as long as last time. And yes,… Read More »Well that didn’t take long…
First, the good ends… I finished my socks! On Monday night I was just 12 rows, a heel and a toe from the end. And last night, in the sweltering heat, I finished: Which leads to the bad ends… As I contemplated the final step of weaving in the ends… Read More »Good Ends and Bad Ends
The problem is not, as I originally hypothesized, that after you finish the toe you aren’t done yet. That actually really didn’t bother me much. If anything, there was a bit of excitment that after picking up the heel stitches I could finally try on my sock again. No, the problem… Read More »The problem with afterthought heels
This is, of course, why it’s illegal to try to bribe or coerse public officials and the sort in most countries. And while I generally believe myself to be an upstanding citizen who would obviously turn down a bribe in any professional setting…. well, I am totally suseptible in my… Read More »Bribery Works
This week several projects made it past the half way mark. I finished my second hotpad and started on the third. Doesn’t the teapot look good with them? At the beginning of the year I set myself a challenge of 18 completed projects by the end of the year using… Read More »In Which Progress is Made
First, I am absolutely loving the socks I’m working on for myself. These are the ones I started on the way back from Utrecht on the train in Hedgehog Fibres hurricane colorway. I need some darker colored socks and these will be gorgeous. If I have any regrets, it’s only… Read More »Socks and more socks
