Monthly Archives: August 2007

I’m beating it back to Boston again tonight, this time to spend one and a half crazy days changing our condo over from one tenant to another. You know what that means: More plane knitting time! The Cable Yoke sweater is coming along well, although working with such heavy cotton does wear on the hands  Continue Reading

I had big photoshoot plans for these socks, but I just couldn’t get good pictures of them and my local beach together. So, boring back porch photo shoot it is! Pattern: The amazing Nona’s Sidewinders Yarn:Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock, lightweight, Pebble Beach colorway Time Elapsed: About a week. Maybe a little less–these  Continue Reading

This week has been a doozy, what with the yarn urchin turning two and all, but I did manage to block the shawl and take some pictures. Pattern: A curved shawl with diamond edging, from Victorian Lace Today Yarn: Lacey Lamb, in Blueblood Red, under 1 ball Time Elapsed: Around 2.5 months, although I knit  Continue Reading

Well, I can say one good thing about spending so much time on my tush in tin cans this weekend. It helps me bypass second sock/sleeve syndrome pretty easily. (Two sleeves for my friend Neil’s birthday sweater, one completed Sidewinder, one in-progress. Boo yah.) The Sidewinder pattern didn’t exactly make the STR behave. It still  Continue Reading

I’m headed to Maine for the funeral this weekend, and my travel itinerary (bus, plane, andtrain!) is a little nightmarish. Fortunately, I’ll have my knitting with me, and even more fortunately, this is no longer among my knitting: Blocking will have to wait until I return, but hooray! The darn shawl is done done done!  Continue Reading

Sometimes, when it’s been a really rough week and you’ve had to rip out a few hours of work on an incredibly dull lace shawl border, you just need a little breath of fresh air. Pattern: Chevron Lace Top, from Debbie Bliss’ “Wish You Were Here” collection, 2-3 year size Yarn: Elsebeth Lavold’s Hempathy, 2.5  Continue Reading

(Thank you all so much for your lovely comments about the cardigan. Each and every one made me smile.) When I came up with this post, and took the pictures, I had a lot to tell you about rushing to try and get the border done on my shawl, making hugely noticeable mistakes, and having  Continue Reading

Well! That took awhile. I don’t know how it’s possible that one sweater could live up to all of your expectations, but here it is! Pattern: The Shawl-collared Cardigan from Jo Sharp Knit 1, 39.5″ size Yarn: Zara Merino DK, charcoal gray , 12 balls (with approximately 3 yards to spare) Time Elapsed: Overall, 2  Continue Reading