Close Enough
There is no sun. The sun is gone. The sun will never shine again. It will be gray, and probably sleeting, until the end of time. This means I will never get a good picture of this sock. We'll just have to accept this and move on. We can console ourselves with knitting. I've still got to get The Boy to try it on to make sure it's the right length before I graft the toe. But I'm pretty sure it is, which means I'm pretty sure this counts as a finished sock. That's worth a blog post, whether or [...]
Unwrapped
Now that the books with goody bags have found their way to their new homes, I wanted to do a little post to show everyone what was in there (seriously, I've been getting questions from folks asking). If you're one of the folks who is waiting to open your package for some reason and doesn't want the surprise spoiled, you should run away now! Now, my natural inclination was to fill these things with a bit of actual glitter. But because that would have led to swearing and cursing of my name (not to mention vacuuming...and who needs more of [...]
Zipping along
The sock has grown. It's funny how that happens when you actually sit down and knit on it. But despite the growth, it still may not be the most exciting thing in the world (a few more inches of plain ribbed sock is still plain ribbed sock). I'm holding out hope for the additional swoops at the toe to wake me back up again. Meanwhile, you can all distract yourselves with the adorable project bag. It's from Three Bags Full, and it's marvelous. I'll have to show them off better in another post, but there are wee pockets and elastics [...]
Smidgen, Snippet, Sliver (plus coupon code)
A year or so ago, I took down a bunch of my early patterns. They were lovely, but they weren't quite as polished as my current work, so down they came. I've been revamping them (new layouts, new charts, updated text, and often new pictures and more sizes) and rereleasing them as time allows. It's always so much fun to bring old favorites back and show them off again, all shiny and new! Today I'm bringing Smidgen, Snippet, and Sliver back out. Long time readers will remember these from when the painters came and made my house unbearably loud. I [...]
That’s Better
Oh hey, look, sun. That's a much better representation of this lovely yarn. It's Squoosh Aran by Skeinny Dipping. And yes, this is going to be a fairly staid and reserved sock. A bit of wobbly action at the top, then a nice rib down the leg and foot. There may be one more wee wobble at the toe, just to wake me back up. It's a fairly thick yarn (I'm only doing a 56-stitch leg for The Boy and his rather sizable feet), and I often think those look better if you don't get too fancy with the stitchwork. [...]
The Sock You Cannot See
I'm working on some socks for The Boy (compensation for his efforts in the giant book shipping extravaganza that he's about to participate in). I'm using a lovely brown yarn with subtle hints of green and red. It is lovely, and in the right light you can see all the glorious tints and shades it has to offer. In the wrong light, you cannot. It's Cleveland, it's December. The right light is hard to come by. This picture does not do it justice at all. But it's knitting. I've been skimping on the knitting of late, and for the love [...]
Shipping Update
So we're in one of those good news/bad news spots. The good news is that I've shipped hundreds and hundreds of books, and lots of folks have started to receive them (and I've even spotted a few finished curls popping up on ravelry). That is so much fun to see! Now for the bad news. Remember back in November, just before the preorder, when I said "A pile of books are on their way to me via UPS and are due to arrive early next week. The rest of them are on a boat and are due to arrive early [...]
Oh hey, knitting…
So it's been a while, but some of you may remember sometimes I do this thing where I use two sticks to tie long pieces of string in fancy knots. Then I take pictures of the knots and talk about them on the internet. Which I know sounds odd, but it's been a while since I've had time to do it (there was this book thing...it was time consuming), and I find I sort of miss it. So, how about a picture of some fancy knots. That's the reknit of my old Petiole pattern. The original pattern had the hat [...]
Nifty
I wasn't going to post today. I was going to stuff envelopes and then rest (doctor's orders...apparently this work all day, get no sleep, be too busy to eat thing I've been rocking for a week or two isn't actually a good long term plan, and I've been sternly told go chill out for a few days). But then I happened to see this on amazon this morning, and couldn't stop myself. Now of course that will change over time (as far as I can tell, it's updated hourly, so it could change at any moment). But today, for at [...]
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