Knitting and occasional cooking and gardening adventures!
Aug 13 2009
Have you seen the new Zypher Acrylic needles from Knit Picks? Recently a few in my knitting group got together and did a big Knit Picks order (yay free shipping!) and Karen got a set of US 4 tips since she already has the nickel-plated interchangeable set and we were both interested in trying them [...]
Aug 11 2009
Ever get the feeling like you’re buried in WIPs?
Buried in my WIPs
I had that feeling this weekend when I realized all the projects I have on the needles right now. Currently I have (in no particular order):
- Starlight sweater
- Liesl sweater
- Socks
- Toe-up stripey socks
- Nanner socks
- Button-Up Neck Warmer
- Ishbel shawl
- Secret Garden shawl
- [...]
Aug 07 2009
Not long ago, I came across the Knitting Purls/Knit-a-While Cuff-Down Smack-Down. Right away I knew I wanted to design something. Didn’t take long for me to start having some ideas. I wound up some yarn and kept it near my desk as a reminder. I let the ideas simmer in the background until yesterday when [...]
Aug 04 2009
I feel like I have a lot to share today. Yesterday, for some reason, I didn’t feel like I did. I think part of it was that I don’t have good pictures of something I recently finished (I’ll get to that), so I was going to wait to blog until I had a decent picture. [...]
