Monthly Archives: March 2007
Glamour, baby!
Written on March 30, 2007 at 8:21 am, by Amy | 6 CommentsWhen I’m knitting Seraphim, which is really pretty easy and mindless to knit, I imagine myself in this alternate life. In it, I can pull the shawl around me for warmth as Jon and I walk along the ocean at Lover’s Point at sunset. I can wear it with a great dress and strappy sandals, Continue Reading
Sometimes you just need a quick fix.
Written on March 24, 2007 at 9:46 am, by Amy | 4 CommentsKnow what I mean? Days when you look around at your stash, at magazines, at your works-in-progress, and all you see is the same project, stretching from here to eternity, blah blah blah. The only antidote is the rush of a quickly-finished item. Baby hats whipped out in a day, socks that fly off the Continue Reading
“Vacation”
Written on March 21, 2007 at 1:09 pm, by Amy | 8 CommentsSurprise, surprise, traveling alone with a toddler doesn’t really count as a vacation. I did manage to get some knitting done, though. I finished the swatch I was knitting for Seraphim: And I started the shawl. I’m currently nearing the end of the second chart, and I have to say, these were a good two Continue Reading
FO Double-header
Written on March 7, 2007 at 10:56 am, by Amy | 10 CommentsGuess what’s done? Patterns: Peapod baby set by Kate Gilbert (free on the Interweave website); Ladybug baby set by Dale of Norway (I have a pamphlet collection, but I hear it’s been published in a book, too). Yarns: Debbie Bliss Cotton Cashmere, 4 balls total for the smallest size; Dale of Norway Baby Ull, quantities Continue Reading
I came, I saw, I steeked.
Written on March 5, 2007 at 9:22 pm, by Amy | 5 CommentsI took hundreds of pictures. iPhoto (which I have used happily and error-free for literally years, by the way) took one look at the roll of steeking pictures TOTALLY FREAKED OUT and crashed, hard. This is all I have left to document the steeking experience. The very first practice seam on the very first practice Continue Reading