Posted in Finished, In Progress, Lace, Socks, tagged Loopy Ewe, Mishaps, Sock Clubs, Wollmeise on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One day, I will learn to look carefully at a sock before weaving in the ends. Yesterday, it seems, was not that day.
I had just finished watching Glee while doing the toe decreases and grafting the final seam. I neatly wove in the ends, turned the sock right side out, and put on my snazzy [...]
Posted in In Progress, tagged Knitting, Mishaps on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Who is it? I want to know.
Who is hoarding all the 32″ US8 circular needles in the San Fernando Valley?
I am working on a project knit in the round with a whole mess of decreases. After I got gauge on my trusty size 8 Crystal Palace circs, I didn’t want to mess around with any [...]
Posted in Baby, In Progress, Lace, Toys, tagged Beaded Knitting, Deadliest Crab, Entomology, Knitting, Lace, Mishaps, Projects, Shawls, Toys, WIP on June 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m starting to wonder if this particular yarn is cursed.
Looks perfectly innocent, doesn’t it? Nice orange Cascade 220 all skeined up, waiting to be knit into a cute toy for Little Miss. My plan was a carrot from Amigurumi Knits for my daughter’s play kitchen. I popped the yarn onto my swift, wound it up [...]
Posted in Afghans and Blankets, Baby, In Progress, tagged Beaded Knitting, Blankets, Chicago Illusion, Entomology, Illusion Knitting, Knitting, Knitty, Mishaps, Miss Honeychurch, Shawls, WIP, Wollmeise on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m all set to get started on Miss Honeychurch (which I keep calling Miss Honeydew - perhaps I need more fruit in my diet), except for one thing.
My yarn is somewhere between Ohio and California. My copy of A Room with a View is also somewhere between a shipping center and my house, but I expect [...]
Posted in In Progress, Socks, tagged Embossed Leaves, Frogging, Knitting, Lace, Mishaps, Socks, Tempted, WIP on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(Yes, I know that “sock” is not the French word for sock.)
That sad loop of yarn was once almost half of a beautiful skein of Tempted Hand Painted Bad Grrl in the Clover colorway. After that, it was a gorgeous Embossed Leaves sock that was, sadly, too big for my foot, and a little too [...]
Posted in In Progress, Non-Knitting Projects, tagged Cross Stitch, Mishaps, Ravelry, Stockings, WIP, Xmas on December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, as I was outlining a candy cane in Santa’s pocket, I discovered a mistake. Three little red stitches, painstakingly placed… one stitch to the left of where they should have been.
I adjusted the outline and moved on. I am so not ripping out three stitches less than two weeks before Christmas Eve. I [...]
Posted in In Progress, Socks, tagged Gift Knitting, Knitting, Mishaps, Retro Rib, Socks, WIP on May 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Last Friday, we had tickets to see The Da Vinci Code. Despite the fact that I was sick, I headed over to theater extra early to get us some good seats, since K would be cutting it close getting there.
I brought the Retro Rib sock, tucked in my small knitting bag, tucked in my Kitchensink [...]
Posted in In Progress, Socks, tagged Jaywalkers, KIP, Knitting, Mishaps, Socks on April 24, 2006 | 1 Comment »
In the past week, I have knitted on a sock at a Weight Watchers meeting, at the West Hollywood SnB, at a meeting of my union, and in front of the television. And I may be working on it at the library this afternoon, depending on how many people come for our monthly Craft Club.
Do I [...]
Posted in Housekeeping, tagged Blogging, Cavalier Stitches, Mishaps, WordPress on April 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
<i>Note (added June 12, 2009): This is an introductory post to the reincarnation of my first knitting blog.</i>
There is a sad story behind the disappearance of the last two years of posts. It involves a series of back-ups that refused to restore properly, and the less said about that, the better.
Live and learn. Much like [...]
