Knitting and occasional cooking and gardening adventures!
Mar 20 2008
This is a long over-due post for this shawl. I completed it last summer, but wanted to wait until it was received before posting anything about it. It took a long time to hear back from the recipient and then I forgot to post this. So, here it is! With pictures, even!
Pattern: Cameo Shell Stitch [...]
Mar 20 2008
You know how I mentioned that the Yarn Harlot’s new book was going to be released this month? Yeah, not so much. The date in Amazon is still March 19th, but it now says that it has not yet been released. Then I read on her blog about the book release party later this summer. [...]
Mar 12 2008
… but the first Ohio IKEA store opened today in West Chester!
People apparently had been camping there for days waiting for the Grand Opening. I’ve been by it a few times before now and it’s pretty large (as is the parking lot). I remember what it was like the first few MONTHS of the IKEA [...]
Mar 12 2008
I was on Amazon today and came across the Yarn Harlot’s new book Things I Learned from Knitting which is supposed to come out March 19th. She’ll be in Lexington, KY on April 5th at Joseph Beth Booksellers and I’m looking forward to being able to see her again this year!
If you enjoyed Big Girl [...]
Mar 11 2008
I was able to make it to Knit On on the way home from work Friday to get the yarn for Grandma’s shawl. I ended up getting Elsebeth Lavold’s Silky Wool in a pale blue with a little grey mixed in. It’s perfect. The color is 013 for those who’d like to see it better [...]
