Knitting and occasional cooking and gardening adventures!
Aug 18 2009
Look at what’s blocking!
Button-Up Neck Warmer and Liesl, blocking.
I hadn’t planned on blocking either of these yesterday, but I got home before Matt and had some time to myself, so I washed and blocked the Button-Up Neck Warmer and Liesl. I also got some great buttons yesterday at Banasch’s. I think I might be slightly [...]
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 [...]
Jul 28 2009
Last night I got out the blocking mats, washed Hey Teach, and it’s now blocking.
Hey Teach, blocking!
I also finished up Clue 3 of the Secret Garden Shawl. The yarn is Green Sheep Fingering from The Unique Sheep and the colorway is Hearts on Fire. (Sorry, forgot to mention that yesterday!)
Clue 3, laid out as best [...]
Jul 22 2009
Last night I spent two hours plying and skeining the lovely merino singles I finished spinning Monday night. I ended up with about 210 yards.
Emerald City, merino, 210 yards
Close up.
I really need to get a wraps per inch tool so I can get a better idea of the weight of yarn. Looking at it, it [...]
Jul 20 2009
This weekend seemed busy, but long. I feel like I at least got a lot done, so that’s always a plus! We did 5 loads of laundry yesterday, which didn’t seem so bad because we only had one to fold at a time compared to the 2 we would do at a time when we [...]
