Knitting and occasional cooking and gardening adventures!
Apr 12 2009
After almost a week of resisting casting on a pair of socks with the Vesper self-striping sock yarn I have, I caved yesterday and cast on another pair of toe-up stripey socks with the “Sweet Water” colorway that was calling me from my stash.
They’re knitting up a lot faster than I thought they would, but [...]
Apr 10 2009
About this time last week, I was on my way home from the hospital after surgery. The surgery itself went great (took about 2 hours total), but the first few days home were difficult. It was hard for me to move or do much on my own and I think the anesthesia didn’t agree well [...]
Feb 04 2009
I have two finished projects to share today!
The first one is a hat I was commissioned to make for a friend. I had kept it rather hush-hush here on the blog because she said I could use whatever pattern and yarn I wanted, so I wanted it to be a surprise. Well, she received it [...]
Feb 03 2009
I was finally able to give my sister her scarf about a week ago now. Forgot to blog about it! Here she is modeling it:
I think it ended up a good length for her. I also think it will keep her quite warm! Especially with all the icy death from the sky we’ve had lately.
Yesterday [...]
Jan 20 2009
I’ve been meaning to blog for a few days now, but I’ve been distracted by other things or just plain busy!
This weekend we had a knitter’s sleepover. It was so much fun!! I can’t remember the last time I stayed up so late, but it was a blast and totally worth it. I’m so glad [...]
