Archive for January, 2008
Sleeves and Samoas
Tangled Yoke update….I’ve started on sleeve number one:
I was going to do both sleeves at once, but then I remembered that I did the Tahoe sleeves at the same time and I wanted to shoot myself. The pattern says to do the sleeves on DPNs, and I think that would drive me nuts as [...]
Posted: January 29th, 2008 under Uncategorized, knitting, yum.
Comments: 7
S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night
As I get ready to do my normal Sautrday night routine (get kid ready for bed, kid bedtime at 8, settle into couch with knitting, a movie and the hubby), I thought I’d share what I did during the day itself. I know I could do things like, oh, clean the house, but I [...]
Posted: January 26th, 2008 under cooking, knitting, quilting.
Comments: 11
Oh yeah, a new craft
Lets start with the old first….finished Jaywalker socks for a friend of mine.
Stats:
Pattern: Jaywalkers by Grumperina
Yarn: Lorna’s Laces Purl colorway in Sage Stripe
Needles: US 1, 2.50mm, not 2.25
Next up, we’ve got swatching going on for Tangled Yoke. Mmmm….I can not wait to start this sweater.
And finally, while I did attempt some quilting before, it [...]
Posted: January 21st, 2008 under knitting, quilting, socks.
Comments: 13
A whole mess of crafty
First, there’s been knitting. A finished Juno Regina:
Stats:
Pattern: Juno Regina, Knitty Fall 2007
Yarn: Malabrigo Lace, approx. 1 1/2 skeins
Needles: Size 4 KP Harmony Options
I made no changes, but my finished size is 3″ smaller width wise, and about 5″ longer.
Next, there was spinning. When I went up to Rhinebeck, I brought Lulu with [...]
Posted: January 19th, 2008 under Rhinebeck, Xstitch, knitting, lace, sewing, socks, spinning.
Comments: 16
2.25 vs 2.50
My public service announcement for the day:
When knitting socks, and making notes on them, make note of the size you are. 2.25 and 2.50 are very different. If you don’t make note, or if you make note of the wrong size (ask me how I know), you end up with 2 different size [...]
Posted: January 16th, 2008 under Frogging, Ugh, knitting, socks.
Comments: 6
Bad kid
We celebrated Xmas with my family before we left for FL, and I’m a bad kid for not showing off my mom’s gift to me sooner than this. Mom made me a dpn holder! Ain’t it pretty?
She even included those KP harmony dpns. I love it and I’m sorry that I’m showing [...]
Posted: January 12th, 2008 under Gifts, knitting, socks.
Comments: 11
WIP Wed.
Before I left for Florida, I started Juno Regina. I completed the lace work on the starting end and was on the “straight” rows. The straight rows are supposed to go for 42″. I am STILL on the straight rows.
This picture shows the straight section at about 26″. I’m almost at [...]
Posted: January 8th, 2008 under knitting.
Comments: 8
Hummus, take 2
Last week, when we opened our new cookbook to make something, we found a recipe for hummus. It came out good, even if it was a little…..green.
I think that instead of the white parts of the green onion the recipe calls for, I threw in too much of the green part. This time [...]
Posted: January 6th, 2008 under cooking.
Comments: 8
In need of a little…
Spring. It’s SO cold, so I spun up the rest of some merino/tencel I’ve been working on in the “spring” colorway.
Deets:
4 oz, Merino/Tencel in Spring from The Sheep Shed @ Mountain View Farm
Approx. 730 yards and 27 WPI
Is it spring yet?
Posted: January 4th, 2008 under spinning.
Comments: 6
Happy New Year!
Let’s recap 2007 knitting, shall we? Everyone else seems to be doing it, and I like hopping on the bandwagon:
Socks: 14 pairs, 4 of them not for me
Hats and headwear: 5
Baby items: 9
Scarves/Stoles: 2
Mittens (fingerless or not): 2
Shawls: 2 (one started in 2006)
Tops/Sweaters: 4
Misc: 1 (Lilies, 4 of them)
Oh wait! I forgot to [...]
Posted: January 1st, 2008 under cooking, knitting, vacation.
Comments: 9