http://cooknknit.com Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:39:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You'll find it hard to believe, but during the time I spent knitting the test knit, I did manage to squeeze in a project. My next door neighbor, my sewing mentor and mom to the kid's best friend (she's got 4 boys, the kid became one of hers during ... http://cooknknit.com/?p=679 It's amazing what you can accomplish when you don't have a knitting deadline and you can work on other projects and clean. I'm not the best housekeeper in the world, but during the knitting of the test knit I just completed (YAY!), my craft room looked like several tornadoes ... http://cooknknit.com/?p=673 It's kind of pointless to have a blog when you test knit. You have to keep everything a secret. And when you're working on a tight deadline, and are doing nothing but the test knitting, it makes blogging kind of difficult to show and share things. I ... http://cooknknit.com/?p=669 Why did I think sewing a dress would be easy? Or a good idea? I guess I'm always up for challenging myself. Cutting out the pieces was easy. There are approximately 40 steps in the pattern, not too bad. The first couple went swimmingly. ... http://cooknknit.com/?p=660 All of a sudden, everyone I know is having a baby. So be prepared to see a lot of baby gifts around here. My friend is having her second baby. She's one of my closest friends, and truly appreciates a hand knitted gift. I wracked my ... http://cooknknit.com/?p=656 What should I start with today? Lets start with the oldest finished project, another wrap skirt. This one I tweaked a little. I placed the piping 5/8" from the edge, instead of 3", which gave me more of a "wrap" and more coverage when the wind blows. I ... http://cooknknit.com/?p=649 Thursday I went to my 9th or 10th (I've lost track) Bon Jovi concert. I took the train to the New Meadowlands stadium. I worried about taking the train and having to walk a really long way or take a shuttle bus, but the train drops you off ... http://cooknknit.com/?p=644 It's been 2 weeks since my last garden update. There's not much more to tell, things are growing bigger, and I am like a little kid on Christmas morning, going out to the garden every day looking for new growth. Lettuce getting bigger every day. It takes all I ... http://cooknknit.com/?p=638 I sneaked out of work 1/2 hour early on Friday. What did I do with my time? Go to Joann's of course! The weekly flier showed a cutting table that I've had my eye on for ages, on sale. I picked up the kid early and ... http://cooknknit.com/?p=627 I started the newest Anniversary Mystery Shawl a couple weeks ago. I have been on top of each of the clues, 3 so far, and was chugging along quite nicely til this afternoon. This afternoon is when an email appeared saying that the chart I had chosen for ... http://cooknknit.com/?p=617