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… [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...I think it’s possible that I might stay awake long enough to blog something. Not for nothing, but this job is kicking my ass. I don’t know if it’s because I’m living so much further west now - meaning, it’s darker in the morning than I’m used to - but holy crap, it’s really hard [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...A little (very little!) something I’m knitting up with Artyarns Cashmere 5. I think you can guess how luscious it feels, but doesn’t it even just LOOK like you want to touch it all the time? I love this stitch pattern. The texture!
The only downside is knowing that this is the last of the yarn. [...]
We’re getting down to the wire here! It’s really obvious to me at this point that I’m not going to finish the gift I’m making for my stepmom. I have to think of something else, and I’m really stumped - the theme of the week so far, apparently.
The problem I have with knitting from my [...]
I know it doesn’t look that bad here, but trust me - with the loose gauge, it flops right down around my collarbone and doesn’t provide even the slightest scrap of warmth that way. I also should have given it a border, to keep it from rolling; I kinda wanted a rolled edge at the [...]
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