casey knits

…and hey, I’m only late by 4 days! (for Project Spectrum July/August)

pattern: picot eyelet socks by black dog designs
yarn: fleece artist merino 2/6
I started these on July 26, and finished them this morning around 1am. (What can I say, I’m a night owl - heh.)  I suppose that’s not really all that long, [...]

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, [...]

I wish I could say it was for all good reasons, too, but I can’t honestly say that.  The month of July has been a little… ugh… for me, from a mental standpoint, and for people I care about, in more physical ways.  Life happens, and it’s not always happy, you know?
But it hasn’t been [...]

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 [...]

You’re in Bar Harbor for a day trip, and in your jaunts, you find a yarn store.  Woohoo!  You go inside and, among other things, you find a lonely skein of Araucania Magellanes in the autumny colors you love so much.  Even better yet, it’s an orphan, so it’s also half-off.  You can’t resist, and [...]