Posted in Knitting on Jul 19th, 2010 2 Comments »
Yes, there has been knitting, but not things that I necessarily want to talk about.
I knit this lovely shawl with crazy-colored yarn because? I have no idea why. Nothing a bit of dyeing won’t fix. You can’t see my incredible, show-stopping lace knitting. You’ll have to trust me that it’s there. I swear. The pattern [...]
Posted in Dyeing, Finished Objects on Jun 6th, 2010 1 Comment »
I bought this as a kit from Adirondack Yarns in Lake Placid, NY. I want to be very clear about this: I think the world of the people at Adirondack Yarns. They are always nice to me whether I see them in their store or at a show. They have great kits, projects that can [...]
Posted in Knitting on Jun 3rd, 2010 2 Comments »
Last week I blocked two lace scarves that had been languishing in my ‘unfinished projects’ bin. I broke out the 1001 T-pins, the foam interlocking exercise squares, and I took over the dining room. After that experience, I swore that I would either quit knitting lace or buy some blocking wires.
I [...]
Posted in Finished Objects, Knitting, scotland on May 10th, 2010 5 Comments »
Remember this?
Scotland, the sweater
I put it aside in the beginning of December in order to make the most out of the holidays. When I picked it back up in April, I was happily knitting along until…
I noticed that I only had 4 balls of yarn left. When it comes to knitting 400 odd stitches on [...]
Posted in Finished Objects, Knitting on Feb 14th, 2010 9 Comments »
In 2007, I knit Mark a sweater based on sweaters I had seen in the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was playing in a vintage base ball league and I thought it would be nice to make one in his team’s colors. I dyed the yarn the appropriate shade and knit like crazy.
Unfortunately, I didn’t [...]
