Ah, the Glamor
As mentioned before, we went out on Sunday to scout for photo locations. We took the pink mitts along with us because it's much easier to judge how suitable a spot is for taking photos if you actually, say, take photos. That, and I needed photos of the pink mitts. [...]
Belated
One day last week, while I was busy knitting or writing patterns or running errands or making plans for world domination, something happened. The blog turned 4. I totally had it in my head that this happened this week, not last week. I'm apparently a very bad blogger. I'm actually [...]
Permission or Forgiveness?
This Sunday we went on a bit of a scouting excursion. I've been wanting to do this for the better part of a year. Whenever I drive home from our primary grocery store, I catch sight of an abandoned (and charmingly decrepit) greenhouse. It looked exactly like the sort of [...]
On the Value of Following Instructions
You know how that last instruction in most every pattern is something to do with blocking? And you know how you may occasionally want to blatantly ignore that instruction? Mmmm, yes. Next time you're tempted to do that? Remember this picture. Same yarn, same needles, same knitter, worked the same [...]
And So It Begins
I am a big fans of systems. I truly deeply believe big projects are easier to get through if you have a system. Books are big projects, so I have a system for them. I'm starting the next book (the one that comes after KCC2), and that means the book [...]
Sing me a Song
Sunday evening found us in a most unusual state. Instead of being tucked up safely at home in our pajamas, we actually got up, got dressed and left the house. This is especially impressive as The Boy was just getting over a nasty cold and I seemed to have accidentally [...]
And in Other News
The lovely blue socks I took off to the retreat are done (and have been for a while now, I just didn't quite manage to get them outside and snap a picture). We'll start with proof of concept. See that, two legs, two heels, two toes, all tidy and done. [...]
Actual Knitting
Between the reading and rereading and rerereading of the proofs, there has only been a bit of time and energy for knitting. But that little bit has been quite pleasant. Here's the first of the redone mitts finished and blocked. I switched the thumb gusset out to the style I [...]
Proofs
This is what the last day or two has looked like (with the cup of tea being refreshed as needed...I'm not still on the one from Tuesday). These are the proofs for the book. Proofs are sort of a trial run for the finished thing. I send the files off [...]
Character Building
The proofs of Knitter's Curiosity Cabinet, Volume II have arrived from the printer. They are sitting on my desk. Unopened. It feels wrong to open them by myself, so I'm waiting 'til The Boy is home from work. Just for context, they arrived at 9:00am. It's going to be a [...]
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