Knitting and occasional cooking and gardening adventures!
Aug 20 2007
I have decided on what to use the Wool of the Andes sweater yarn for. I even did a swatch, washed it and blocked it. For something like a sweater, I usually swatch, but I’m not always on top of the washing/blocking thing. I’m learning, though! I figure that if I’m going to put so [...]
Aug 17 2007
Yesterday I received my Knit Picks order in the mail. The Shine yarn I ordered was not as I expected for colors. In fact one was NOTHING like I expected and now I don’t know what to do with it. I may just order another skein in a different color and make a hat or [...]
Aug 14 2007
Since I can’t show the shawl just yet, I’ll talk about my other WIPs.
Recently, I was totally taken by doilies. I searched some free patterns, found one I liked, purchased some crochet thread and got started.
I checked out some options for the Table Cloth Project and decided that Aunt Lydia’s would be both economical [...]
Aug 12 2007
I was on Ravelry (big surprise, right?) and I came across a doilies group. I was reading the threads and completed projects and now I simply MUST knit some doilies! I know that I will probably not use them because they really aren’t my thing, but I love them! I want some of my own [...]
Aug 10 2007
The Shawl is done. All the ends are woven in and it’s blocking now. I won’t be able to get it into the mail until late next week. I also won’t be doing an FO post until it arrives at it’s destination - don’t want to ruin the surprise! I will, however, leave you with [...]
