Embonpoint
Embonpoint: \äⁿ-bōⁿ-ˈpwaⁿ\ adjective -sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure Allow me to present my newest creation, Embonpoint! The name is perfect on several counts. First, this is the most luciously fat sock yarn I've ever seen. It is thick enough that the socks work up [...]
For a Good Cause
The charming (enviably athletic, and astonishingly coordinated) Claudia is raising money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. She's riding in the MS Bike Tour and asking knitters to sponsor her. The cause is a good one, and supporting it should be reward enough, but Claudia has arranged for some marvelous [...]
Glutton for Punishment
More non-knitting stuff today. I promise next time there will be pictures of yarn or at least discussion of it. We're off to the Great Lakes Fiber Show this weekend, and that should be good for some yarn-y indulgence. On the plumbing front, the dismemberment stage seems to have reached [...]
Disruption
The plumbers are here. They are competently and industriously doing...stuff. From a lay perspective, it looks and sounds rather as if they're trying their damnedest to murder my house by driving a stake through its heart. I am finding it disconcerting. It is rather disruptive. Allow me to demonstrate. This [...]
My Own Personal Horror Movie
If, when you turn on the shower upstairs, water runs down your living room wall downstairs, you can pretty much guess the next few days are not going to go as you had planned. Nor is your budget for the month going look like you had expected. Not really at [...]
Sneak
One wee quick peek at the sock for Schaefer - just the barest glimpse. I predict these will be seriously nifty.
Goodies!
All of the unladylike fuming and vigorous swearing at wordpress were apparently worth it. This website has begun to result in the arrival of real live actual yarn in my mailbox. Yarn - for me! One arrival is a lovely skein of Nichole by Schaefer. It's a hypnotic mix of [...]
Just How Much do You Like it?
So, the Pedigreed socks are a bit of a challenge. They will be mirror images of each other and feature four different cable patterns and a wrap around rib. They're fun to knit, but they are not an entirely simple undertaking. I actually rather like my socks to be challenging, [...]
Progress
Pedigreed are coming along nicely. The current push to write patterns up for publication is doing wonders for my knitting fidelity. I'm just about ready to start the toe decreases and should hopefully finish the first one tonight. I especially like the asymmetrically placed gusset on these socks. On this [...]
Collaboration
After three whole days of biting my tongue and keeping quiet, I now have official permission to shamelessly blab...I will be designing a pair of socks for Schaefer Yarn Company using their new yarn, Nichole! This is the yarn I used in my most recent socks (Nugatory), and I just [...]
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