Knitting and occasional cooking and gardening adventures!
Aug 09 2007
I put in my order to Knit Picks today for Wool of the Andes in Amethyst Heather - enough to make the sweater on the cover of the Summer 2007 Interweave Knits, the Wheat-Ear Cable Yoke sweater. I’m anxiously awaiting my order to arrive so I can start swatching!
I’m binding off on The Shawl [...]
Aug 08 2007
For those that live in the area, you know it’s been insanely hot and today has been the worst day of the summer, in my opinion. It was 105 degrees F outside! As a result of this horrid heat, our house doesn’t keep as cool as we’d like. I don’t know if it’s because it’s [...]
Aug 08 2007
Today I came home to a package. To my surprise, it was from my Sockapalooza 4 Pal, all the way from San Diego, California! My pal was Lauren Z. :o) Here’s a picture filled post of the goodies she sent me (click the photos for a closer look!).
She sent me 4 postcards (I love postcards [...]
Aug 05 2007
My WIP list has dwindled a little bit. I’ve frogged some things because they weren’t working out, or I just did not want to finish them. The Noro Log Cabin blanket was frogged because I didn’t really want to make it into a blanket and now I have a different idea of what I will [...]
Aug 02 2007
Today I was able to get some photos of my finished Shedir hat, the third. I really do like the rich coloring of the yarn and it didn’t take up as much yarn as I thought it would. I still have enough yarn left for another hat or maybe a lace scarf.
Pattern: Shedir (link to [...]
