…although, honestly, one that’s quite a bit smaller than I’d hoped for.
I’ve had a hell of a time with my knitting the past couple weeks, and I’m not sure why. My math’s been worse than usual. Converting lace patterns from flat to round has resulted in disaster. Yarn choices have turned out to be… terrible… [...]
So my plan was, as usual, to blog about, aka pimp the hell out of, my latest Etsy-shop creation:
Except that by the time I’d mentioned it on Twitter and Facebook, it was already gone. Bam! I like that!
The details, for anyone who cares: One skein of Cascade Pastaza in an awesome shade of true red, [...]
More photos here. Also listed on etsy and zibbet.
Like I said before, I’ve been trying to use up my stash of handpainted yarn, because I’m just not grooving on the pooling-colors/tie-dyed-look thing anymore… and I especially disliked this particular yarn once I started knitting it, because it looks so… patriotic. *shudder* [...]
Back when I started this round of Project Spectrum, I decided that I was going to use the project this time around as encouragement to try new techniques. Of course, I then spent the first 3 months doing exactly what I’ve always done for PS: knitting, and taking pictures. Heh. These aren’t [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...My Fire Dancer shawl found a home! Woohoo! Alison, if you happen to be a reader of my blog, I thank you very much for your purchase. I’m celebrating this small victory by immediately putting another shawl on the needles. Like Fire Dancer, it’s a pi shawl, which I think might be my new love… [...]
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