Monthly Archives: October 2007
Laying there asleep in a sunbeam,
Written on October 30, 2007 at 10:27 pm, by Amy | 20 CommentsI wonder if you realize you fascinate me so… Excuse the bright purple–it really was laying there alseep in a sunbeam. But! The Eleanora sock is finished, and packed away in a box with some goodies to send to a super-nice friend. Jacob may have helped with some of the goodies, but he’s not telling Continue Reading
Desert Island FO
Written on October 28, 2007 at 5:11 pm, by Amy | 25 CommentsAlthough you’ll have to forgive me for the poor focus in a few of these shots (I still haven’t worked out the kinks of self-portraits here at the new place), the Waterlily Top is now officially an FO: Pattern: Waterlily Top by Katy Ryan, from the Spring 2006 issue of Interweave Yarn: Colinette Giotto, 2.5-ish Continue Reading
Socks and sox
Written on October 25, 2007 at 10:36 pm, by Amy | 17 CommentsThank you all so very, very much for your wonderful support. After such a needed break, coming home to hubby and Jacob has been incredibly helpful, and I’m feeling lots better than I was a week ago. Of course, the Sox doing so well in the world series and all of that yarn don’t hurt, Continue Reading
An actual update
Written on October 24, 2007 at 4:49 pm, by Amy | 46 CommentsIt’s not usually a struggle for me, deciding what to talk about here. It’s a knitting blog, and I’m always (always) knitting, so… there ya go. But there’s something in the room, now. Or rather, not in the room, and it’s getting in the way of my Rhinebeck post. I went. I had fun with Continue Reading
Trials and Tribulations
Written on October 15, 2007 at 12:20 pm, by Amy | 18 CommentsCan I even express in words how FRUSTRATING it is that I’m writing this post over dial-up? I don’t think so. The DSL folks say that it might be another 3-4 business days before we get real network connectivity, here. No blog reading over morning coffee for me, and I’m totally going through withdrawal. Sigh. Continue Reading
See you soon!
Written on October 4, 2007 at 8:51 pm, by Amy | 8 CommentsThanks so much for your opinions on the yarn, everyone. It was really interesting to see what the word “deep” meant to all of you. My instinct was that a deep color would be both dark in tone and very saturated. But if I take the majority opinion, it seems like I’m wrong and that Continue Reading
Pop quiz!
Written on October 3, 2007 at 7:23 pm, by Amy | 25 CommentsQuick, would you call either of these a deep color? Thanks for your opinions in advance! ***** The Tangled Yoke is moving along, but slowly since the sleeves are knit on dpns. Before casting on for the first one, I decided to take two days (!!) and mostly finish the Waterlily Top: It needs a Continue Reading