Posted in Knitting, Finished Objects, Stash Acquisition, Everything Else, Socks, Summer of Socks, Fountain Pens on Aug 26th, 2008 2 Comments »
August brings with it school physicals and things at the doctors’ office are hopping. This makes it pretty close to impossible to take a vacation, still, I managed to grab some fun here and there.
M and I went to NYC to help Jessica move. She’d finished her stint in publishing and was ready to be […]
Posted in Knitting, Finished Objects, MLB, Socks, Summer of Socks on Aug 4th, 2008 No Comments »
There’s been knitting…
Seaweed socks by Wendy Johnson in Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock - Let’s Knit colorway
And there have been some other adventures.
Retro 51 Scriptmaster II in pink!
like fountain pens
and jell-o mold
and
kayaking at a bird sanctuary near Old Saybrook.
There was an afternoon with the Mets’ wives followed by a game at Shea.
It was a beautiful, sunny […]
Posted in Knitting, WIP, MLB, Dyeing, Socks, Summer of Socks 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 Knitting, Crocheting, Pets, Everything Else, 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 Knitting, WIP, Stash Acquisition, Caffeine, Socks, Summer of Socks 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”. […]
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