Monthly Archives: July 2006

We have a house! I haven’t actually seen it in person, but the pictures are to die for. Things will be a little catch-as-catch can here at the blog for a few weeks. The packers come Tuesday, we’re in Maine for a week, we take some time to drive across the country, we arrive in  Continue Reading

The leaf lace shawl is finished. …and that’s as far as I got with the photo shoot before Jacob wanted to “help”. Hopefully I can try again later, because it’s difficult to capture the drape and heft and sheen of this wonderful fabric on film. Pattern: Leaf Lace Shawl from Fibertrends by Evelyn Clark Yarn:  Continue Reading

Things chez stash are, shall we say, a little crazy. A big move, me leaving my job (for the indefinite future, yay more time with the baby), a long knitting-filled road trip to get… well, we don’t actually have a place in Monterey yet but let’s just gloss over that shall we k thanks what  Continue Reading

In coincidental timing, I’ve finished both the hoodie and the shawl tonight. FO posts will wait until there is proper picture-taking light, hopefully tomorrow. Am I already swatching for the next great thing? Of course I am! What is it? An Elsebeth Lavold cardigan for my maternal grandmother’s birthday, in Silky Wool. I’m totally in  Continue Reading

There are changes afoot Chez Stash, and they necessitated a spur-of-the-moment road trip to Burlington, VT this weekend. And what’s a road trip without a little knitting? The hoodie is finished except for some buttons, but I’m saving the pictures for an FO post. Which leaves the lace: It turned out to be really good  Continue Reading