Archive for August, 2007
Knitting, spinning, sewing, oh my!
The knitting….the finished and blocked Mystery Stole.
I know you’re looking for a modelled shot…they came out pretty awful. Go see Cristi’s for modelled shots….we used the same yarn and she’s cuter than I am anyway.
The spinning….the plied superwash merino. It’s about 300 yards, 16 WPI.
And the sewing…well, you see [...]
Posted: August 25th, 2007 under knitting, lace, sewing, spinning.
Comments: 7
I love crafty weekends
Tamara came by yesterday for some knitting, spinning and chatting. While she was here, I managed to spin up the rest of some superwash merino that Valerie dyed and gave me last year.
I hope to ply it sometime next week. I also finished up the Brigit socks:
AND, I finished up the front and [...]
Posted: August 19th, 2007 under knitting, spinning.
Comments: 13
A quickie
And not knitting related…
I love my kid. I’m sitting here surfing the web (ok, Ravelry), and he bursts out humming Iron Man. And as I go to type this up, he switches and starts singing I Don’t Need No Doctor. I can’t think of any six year old that can hum/sing Black [...]
Posted: August 19th, 2007 under Kid.
Comments: 5
Spinning, knitting, obsessing
Remember that quill head I bought for Lulu? It’s taken some time, and it’ll still take some more time to get it down pat, but here’s the first bit of cotton that I spun on it.
It’s not much, but it’s 2 plied and it was fun to spin.
My progress on the Mystery Stole….clue 6 [...]
Posted: August 13th, 2007 under knitting, lace, spinning.
Comments: 8
I miss my blog
My job keeps me so busy that I come home so tired and don’t want to do much of anything. I do, however, continue to knit on the train. On the occasion I feel awake enough to do something when I get home, I tend to craft while watching a movie or tv [...]
Posted: August 7th, 2007 under Gifts, knitting, sewing, spinning, work.
Comments: 17