Knitting and occasional cooking and gardening adventures!
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 17 2009
This weekend I made myself a niddy noddy for under $2! I’ve been needing one for a while now, but I didn’t really want to spend a whole lot of money on one right now. I looked up some instructions on what I’d need to make a PVC one. It seemed simple enough, so when [...]
Jun 17 2009
Last night I finished up the Sprucey Lucy socks, which means I also finished my first pair for the 52 Pair Plunge III!
Pattern: Sprucey Lucy Socks by Wendy Johnson (My Ravelry project page.)
Started: June 1, 2009
Completed: June 16, 2009
Yarn: The Yarn Bearer Uber Sock, April 2009 Sock Club shipment with the theme of “Falling”
Needles: Knit [...]
Apr 16 2009
I’ve been knitting on Decimal quite a bit this week, but I’ve been taking breaks occasionally and knitting on the two socks I’m working on. At first I was knitting more on the stripey Vesper socks because I wasn’t sure how much I liked Marlene. I had tried it on early in the week and [...]
Apr 14 2009
Today I figured I’d show you some things I got in the mail in the last two days. Whenever Matt brings in the mail and there’s a package or letter (not bill) for me, he tells me he brought me prezzies. It always makes me laugh and I get excited and say “I love [...]
