Knitting and occasional cooking and gardening adventures!
May 16 2011
It’s been a while since I updated, nearly a month it seems! I haven’t updated because I haven’t been knitting for going on 3 weeks now.
Since my last post on April 20th, I managed to struggle through the wrist pain I was having and get Elektra finished in time for our vacation. I still [...]
Nov 12 2009
I’m going to be serious for a moment here. I know I don’t get very serious about any sort of issues here, but this is one that is close to my heart. Yesterday was Veteran’s Day. I don’t talk about it a whole lot, but I’m a Navy veteran and serving in the military really [...]
Oct 07 2009
Friday, we made the final big grocery store run before the housewarming party Saturday.
Fridge Stuffed Full
Saturday morning, I had to do the final run to the grocery store for ice and when I returned, the first guests had arrived. It wasn’t long before we had a house full of people, though! In the end, we [...]
Sep 08 2009
I was a busy knitter this past holiday weekend! Saturday I finished the Secret Garden Shawl. Here it is pre-blocking, measuring 30 inches across.
Pre-blocking
Sunday, I washed and blocked it. It took about an hour to get all those pins in it and my fingers were rather sore after.
Blocking
It seemed pretty dry by the evening. I [...]
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. [...]
