Archive for December, 2007
On cardigans and yarn shops
The cardi is coming along nicely. I’ve finished all the pieces and sewn them all together. I’ve got one more sleeve hem to sew up and then it’s on to knitting the border/button band. I even have pretty buttons to go with it. We leave tomorrow night to come back home [...]
Posted: December 28th, 2007 under knitting, shopping, vacation.
Comments: 7
Greetings from Florida
The trip was long, and we hit major rain in GA, but when we hit the FL border, the sun was visible in the distance. As we drove further into FL (and boy did we drive far), the sun shone on us and the warmth was wonderful. I did do a bit of [...]
Posted: December 22nd, 2007 under knitting, vacation.
Comments: 6
Fleece Navidad
Progress on Juno Regina:
I’m now on the straight rows, and the pattern tells me to knit for 42 inches. I’ll be at this awhile.
This will probably be my last post til the New Year. I’ve got plans for both Tuesday and Wednesday nights, and we leave for Florida on Thursday. [...]
Posted: December 17th, 2007 under knitting, lace.
Comments: 5
Mitten love
I love my new mittens. Love. Them. And the fact that they will be like no other mittens out there, makes them even better.
Stats:
Pattern: Anemoi Mittens by Eunny Jang
Yarns: Knit Picks Essential in Black, and hand dyed, handspun of my own
Needles: US 3 for cast on, US 0 for cuff, US 2 for [...]
Posted: December 15th, 2007 under knitting.
Comments: 8
Morning commute
Most mornings I knit on the train ride into the city. It’s about 45 minutes, and depending on what I’m working on, I know how many rows I can get done in that time. A plain st st sock? I can do about 20 rounds. The Anemoi mitts? I can [...]
Posted: December 14th, 2007 under Ugh, knitting.
Comments: 10
This is why I hate swatching
As soon as I saw Tangled Yoke in Interweave, the page got dog-eared. I knew I had to have it. And I knew the yarn in my stash that was perfect for it. I bought this French Tweed at a sale last year or the year before. It’s got great yardage [...]
Posted: December 11th, 2007 under Ugh, knitting.
Comments: 6
Monday night knitting
The other night, bored out of my mind, I filled out one of those mememe’s on Myspace. One of the questions was what do you want to accomplish by the end of this year? My answer? A pair of mittens and a sweater for me. Of course, with [...]
Posted: December 10th, 2007 under beer, knitting.
Comments: 5
So not artsy
I tried to wait to post this. I was going to try to take pics along the water in Jersey, with Manhattan in the background, at lunchtime with it, but it’s been so windy and then icky. So you get on the floor blocking shots. Maybe when Mom gets this in a [...]
Posted: December 5th, 2007 under Gifts, knitting, lace, nyc.
Comments: 16