Posted in Dyeing, Knitting, MLB, Socks, Summer of Socks, WIP on Jul 26th, 2008 2 Comments »
I bought a couple of skeins of cormo from Martha’s Vineyard Fiber Farm. Despite the 4 tons of yarn I have in my stash, I feel very careful of these skeins. The first one became a cowl. The second skein, also worsted weight, was swatched for a hat. I will still design the hat, but [...]
Posted in Crocheting, Everything Else, Knitting, Pets, Socks, Summer of Socks on Jul 14th, 2008 1 Comment »
The crochet madness continued and I finished my Circles to Squares Afghan. The squares are a little wonky when put together, despite the fact that they were all the proper sizes as individual squares. But I’m way over it. Afghans in my house can usually be found wrapped around a family member or under the [...]
Posted in Caffeine, Crocheting, Knitting on Jul 7th, 2008 1 Comment »
Felix Neck is a nature sanctuary on Martha’s Vineyard. The cables in this cowl remind me of the patterns made by the branches of the brush there.
It’s knit in deliciously soft Martha’s Vineyard Fiber -color: Chilmark, that I bought at the Farmers’ Market during our recent visit. I’m not sure if I’ll add an edging to [...]
Posted in Caffeine, Knitting, Socks, Stash Acquisition, Summer of Socks, WIP on Jul 4th, 2008 3 Comments »
The Summer of Socks has begun and I’ve been a bit of a slacker. I’ve knitted one and a half of Fancy Silk Sock and then put it aside. All I have left is the cuff and having memorized the pattern, this got relagated to “knitting that can be done with everything seems too complicated”. [...]
