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A couple months ago, I joined the Knitflix swap. My partner on this swap, Erin, sent me this terrific package:Roman Holiday, gummi worms, Pop Rocks (oh how I LOVE these!), popcorn, Jelly Bellys, Daisy needles (size 13, they’re PINK!), a skein of Filatura Di Crosa Love yarn, and a skein of Knit Picks shimmer. [...]

Last week, I started the Icarus shawl. It’s surprisingly easy, and the yarn is just so lovely, the rows are going by quicker and quicker. The initial chart is done once, with a portion of the rows repeated 5 times. I’m currently on the 4th repeat, and the pic was taken at [...]

First, the tea shawl looked like this:Now, it looks like this:Rip, rip, rip, and R.I.P. It has started to make me cry. It doesn’t make me happy. Yes, it’s beautiful, but the knitting makes me want to cry. And it shouldn’t do that. So it sits now with the rest [...]

Friday night I went to the Point, and I saw this lovely lady again:
Saturday night, I went to the Barnes & Noble in Park Slope and I met this wonderful lady who agreed to pose with my latest finished object (off the needles literally 5 minutes beforehand):
A close up of the stitch pattern:
This morning, I [...]

I haven’t felt like blogging lately. I’ve been knitting, and spinning, but not in the mood for blogging it all. Maybe it’s the big production I have to do to put in pictures. I think I need a better, less complicated way. I think I’ll look into Flickr.
In spinning news: I’ve [...]

What do you get when you have 4 days off and a bunch of unfinished objects? Why, finished objects of course!
This weekend I did my housecleaning and grocery shopping early so I could sit and knit/spin. The weather cooperated with me and forced me to stay indoors and out of the rain. [...]