Knitting and occasional cooking and gardening adventures!
Sep 26 2011
Last week I managed to finish a project that’s been lingering since June! Not the best picture of these socks, but it’s the only one I have of them finished. I took this picture with my iPhone right after I finished them, then forgot to get a decent picture before I gave them away. Oops! [...]
Sep 22 2011
Recently, I’ve mentioned that I’ve tried out the new ChiaoGoo RED Stainless Steel Circulars. I’ve had a few people ask what I think about them, so I thought I’d do a little review.
ChiaoGoo RED Needles - Original on the left, Lace on the right.
There are two types of ChiaoGoo RED Stainless Steel Circulars: original and [...]
Aug 10 2011
I’m still struggling along with Project 2. Sunday night I discovered that I’d been doing the traveling row increase of the German Stocking in the wrong place, just as I was about to start the heel. I debated either switching to the correct side, or continuing on the wrong side as I worked the foot, [...]
Aug 09 2011
Project 3 for Camp Loopy was announced last Monday. The theme for the last project is “Field Day” - something to put everyone on an even playing field.
“Project Three: you can knit anything you’d like to knit. The only requirement is that you use 800 or more yards of yarn for the project. (731.5 meters) [...]
Aug 02 2011
I don’t often mention whatever new knitting/crocheting magazines or online knitting/crocheting publications have recently come out. No real reason behind it other then most of the time patterns don’t strike me as MUST KNIT right away. It’s usually after I see an FO from a pattern that I’m suddenly going “I need to cast this [...]
