Back on the Horse
You know that feeling, when you have a big term paper looming, and even though you’re procrastinating on it, you just can’t do any other work either on the theory that if you’re working on something it...
View ArticleThe Terror of Deadline Knitting
I really try hard to avoid deadline knitting. I don’t knit holiday gifts at all, and when I have given knitted gifts I try to incorporate the planning and design process into the giving. It’s a bit...
View ArticleLevi’s Baby Blanket Round-up
Frequent visitors to this space may recall that in the past six months I’ve been working on designing my first really original (ie, not from a pattern) project, with all the stops and starts that go...
View ArticleDiscombobulated
Usually I find that my knitting moves pretty directly from point A to point B: I plan a project, get my yarn and tools together, cast on and go. When I am working on a giant project I tend to work...
View ArticleKicking the doldrums
There is nothing like hot pink mohair to kick the knitting doldrums. About a month ago my mother in law asked me to make her the Ice Queen pattern from Knitty. Since she loves bright colors I’ve been...
View ArticleCookin’ with Gas
Last night’s knitting group was wildly successful. I finished all the chart work for my Ice Queen and even started thinking about working the picot edging before I pooped out. All of us were nursing...
View ArticleAnd Introducing . . .
It’s been unforgivably long since I’ve posted . . . I think once I got Levi’s Blanket launched into the world I sort of slowed down on the knitting. How slow? Well . . . Ice Queen is blocking as we...
View ArticleStill Slow Going
Things have been pretty hectic the last month or so . . . plenty of not-so-good stuff, but there have been bright spots. Since my last knitting project update, there has been some (albeit limited)...
View ArticleThe Motions
It sometimes surprises me how my blogging has ebbed and flowed — at times it has been a daily obsession and then there are times — like the recent past for example — when it’s felt more like a chore....
View ArticleBlankie 911
(Please note: this is a how-to post on how to repair a knitted garment, and as such it is VERY photo-heavy. You’ve been warned!) Did you have a woobie when you were little? My sisters and I all had...
View ArticleLevi’s Blanket . . . now with WRITTEN directions!
While life has taken me away from blogging in the past few years, I am still an avid knitter and Raveler. It’s been exciting to see so many people tackle Levi’s Blanket! I never managed to get the...
View ArticleAnother set of written directions for Levi’s Baby Blanket
Thanks to April W. who created another version of written directions for Levi’s Blanket for those who are skittish about the charts. It’s been a year since she sent these to me, but I’m glad to...
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