Jan
30
2007
I first saw this pattern on Elliphantom’s blog and couldn’t wait to knit up an army. Nick’s dad likes wine and had plenty of unused corks laying around for me to make into little gnomes. I finished all 16 in about a day.
Pattern: Korknisse
Yarn: various acrylic worsted weight yarns
Needles: US 3 DPN’s
Notes: This [...]
Jan
30
2007
I came across this tutorial in a knitting community on LiveJournal on how to Photoshop a white background on your knitting. Those who read other knitting blogs may have seen these before. I have Photoshop CS2 and Elements on my computer, but truth be told I only use Elements to crop and resize [...]
Jan
28
2007
To the knitters reading out there…. have you seen the Interweave Knits Spring 2007 preview? Did you SEE those entrelac socks by Eunny??! Even if I didn’t like any of the other patterns in the upcoming issue, I would buy it just for that pattern and the article she’s written to go along [...]
Jan
27
2007
The second package from my Sock-ret Pal arrived a while ago at my family’s house, but since I was in Florida, I didn’t get to open it right away. I finally got to open it on Wednesday (but did not have internet access to post!). Wanna see? Of course you do!
My pal [...]
Tags: Hats, Swaps
Jan
22
2007
Last night I completed a hat for Nick’s dad as a thank you gift for inviting us to stay in Florida with them this year.
Basics: double knit hat that I made up the pattern for as I went
Gauge: 6 rows and 4 stitches = 1 inch on US 7 needles
Needles: US 7 for the outside [...]
Tags: Hats