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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That’s right! The Summer of Socks 2008 has begun. I had big plans to finish up the two pairs of socks I have languishing on the needles. I did manage to gather much of my stashed sock yarn and take a quick pic. After the photo, I remembered the undyed sock yarn I bought at [...]
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On Friday, I spent several very amusing hours knitting at Enchanting Yarns & Things in Kent. I went because Rob said he’d be there and we haven’t really spent much time hanging out since I stopped working at the other knitting store exactly three years ago.
Rob had been trying to learn to knit from a [...]
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Posted in Dyeing, Knitting, Pets, WIP on Mar 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
Being short-handed at work means my free time begins around 8pm. That doesn’t make for a prolific blogging career, but I’ve still managed to squeeze in a few adventures.
I’ve been knitting for a lifetime and I have to say, I never really understood the attraction spinning yarn has held for so many knitters. Recently, however, [...]
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Posted in Knitting, Pyrex, WIP on Feb 10th, 2008 6 Comments »
There are times when the Universe sends me small presents. I do my best to notice and appreciate these gifties partly because I know what I turn my attention to, grows.
A week or so ago while at work, an ebay auction for a set of Corelle Butterfly Gold was about to end. The auction was [...]
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