Monthly Archives: January 2008

Run, don’t walk, to your local grocery store and purchase the ingredients for this. Even without the glaze, it is the most moist, scrumptious, spiced, wonderful thing I have eaten in months. Plus, I got to use my weirdo Yankee apple contraption–and how cool is that, really? (Jacob thought it was pretty cool.) Well. Just  Continue Reading

…you all have such fantastic ideas! I ripped out the sock (and two baby sweaters and a baby hat), stuffed the yarn in the closet, and took a total knitting break for a couple of days. Read a few books I’d been meaning to get to, cleaned the house, and generally tried not to think  Continue Reading

Not from my current projects, anyway. There’s Pomatomus. The first sock is done, and I fear I’m going to be joining the movement at just the wrong time. It’s not that I don’t like the sock, even though it looks pretty crappy off a foot. On the foot it is gorgeous and comfortable. I love  Continue Reading

For a project that only took me around 4 days to knit, this one sure hung around awhile. Pattern: Baby Alligator Scarf, from Morehouse Merino Yarn: Kit yarn–merino 3 ply, maybe? Time Elapsed:This took 4 days to knit, but it took me almost two months to make those 4 days happen. Modifications/Notes: No modifications to  Continue Reading

It feels a little anti-climactic, but here are the details on the HoJo Pullover I knit for Jessica. Pattern: HoJo Pullover by Fiona Ellis, from the fall 2002 issue of Interweave Knits. Yarn: Berroco Pure Merino, 12 balls of blue, 1 each of cream, lime, rust. Time Elapsed: Definitely under a month Modifications/Notes: I made  Continue Reading

(Of the hand-knitted gifts kind. No New Year’s resolutions for me, this time around. I’m just happy 2007 is over.) It was a fantastic trip, there was much knitting, and now I’m crashing back to reality here in CA. It is my sincere hope not to spend too many more holiday seasons frantically trying to  Continue Reading