Archive for October, 2008
No cupcakes this post
The lovely Jena and I have been having knit nite on Wed. nights. We’ve knit at a couple of restaurants near my house, and most recently, the Irish bar. The first time we were at the bar, we unfortunately sat too close to the karaoke goings on and it was really loud/too hard [...]
Posted: October 30th, 2008 under NJ, beer, cider, knitting.
Comments: 6
Of knitting, pumpkins and cupcakes
Rhinebeck weekend I started a pair of socks for the kid, who picked out his own sock yarn on WWKIP day. Dream in Color Smooshy in Cocoa Kisses. I finished them today.
I made the socks a smidge too big for him, because the way his feet are growing, he’d have outgrown them before [...]
Posted: October 26th, 2008 under Halloween, Kid, cupcakes, knitting, socks, yum.
Comments: 11
Pork is a fruit*
So. Rhinebeck was this past weekend. I left the house with a bag of clothes and some cupcakes. I came back with a bag of clothes and lots of goodies.
The Minimalist Cardi did not make it to Rhinebeck. I had it all blocked by Wed. last week, but sleep [...]
Posted: October 22nd, 2008 under Kid, Rhinebeck, knitting, shopping, spinning, yum.
Comments: 12
The countdown – 4 days
There are going to be several late nights this week. I’m finishing up the secret project to ship off to Knit Picks before the end of the week (btw, thanks for all the lovely words. Just to make it clear tho, I just test knit the laptop cover. It is not my [...]
Posted: October 13th, 2008 under Kid, Rhinebeck, cooking, knitting, sweater, yum.
Comments: 9
Secret knitting revealed
Remember awhile ago I was working on something secret? Well, it’s finally up on the Knit Picks website and if you’ve gotten the new catalog, it’s on page 17.
If you’re in the market for knitting a laptop cover, this one looks pretty difficult, but it wasn’t as bad as you’d think. The [...]
Posted: October 8th, 2008 under Rhinebeck, fair isle, knitting, steek.
Comments: 11
Weekend wrap up
The weekend was fun filled. Friday, the little man turned eight. Eight. I can’t believe time has flown so quickly. We had his birthday party at the house, turning our dining room into a movie theater.
There were cupcakes of course.
There was knitting while 14 boys watched the movie:
That’s secret knitting, that’s [...]
Posted: October 5th, 2008 under Kid, NJ, cooking, knitting.
Comments: 7