Prep
This Sunday was a test run for a photo shoot, which meant that more or less every minute of last week leading up to Sunday looked like this. I don't think I've ever blocked so many things (big things) in so short a time. I ran out of tpins (I like these, and have ordered more) and I was pretty much always out of space on my blocking mats (more of these may just be on their way too). The dining room table (aka the only space in the house at all suitable for large blocking) was always in use, [...]
Universally Acknowledged
I feel a crushing need to start this post with a shameless riff on the opening of Pride and Prejudice, but I'm trying to suppress my baser instincts. We'll just leave it that I am most definitely in want of the mate to this sock. That's Pediboo Sport by Frog Tree, and I'm delighted with how it worked up. I'll be writing the pattern for these down before I knit the second one and will likely be calling for testers for it in the next week or two (If you're itching to test, there's information over here on how to [...]
Playing Favorites, Part 2
We talked a little while ago about the sock yarns for the upcoming book, but that book won't all be sock-y goodness. There are lots of other delightful projects too, and that means more yarn. I've just now gotten the last of the yarns in, so that meant it was time to bring them all together for a group shot. I really am rather madly in love with all of these, and I bet there are a few here that will be new to you. Starting up at the top left, the pink one there is Manos Fino in Rosewater [...]
Bounce bounce bounce
I am generally rather orderly. Some might say alarmingly orderly. I'm a huge fan of breaking a large task into smaller ones, putting the pieces in the right order, allocating time for them, and moving through the list. I've written and published five books in the last few years. You sort of have to be orderly to pull that off. At least I do. But right now I'm feeling scattered. It's not the bad sort of scattered, it's the 'oh holy crap muffins I just had the best idea and now I am absolutely itching to implement it please can [...]
Share (yarn giveaway)
We've chatted before about the process of picking yarns for a book. I've explained that it's both tremendously fun and more than a bit nerve-wracking. Imagine it -- you start with a blank slate, and you can pick whatever yarn you want. Now that's exciting, but it also leaves me a bit paralyzed with indecision. But, one of the fun parts that often happens during that process is getting to know delightful yarn companies. The people who work in this industry really are the nicest folks you could imagine. They're always excited about new projects and eager to share their [...]
Fits and Spurts
The sock is growing. It's firmly in the 'I am clearly a sock and am recognizable as such to non knitters' stage of the process, which I always find reassuring. But I've let it sit, unattended, for a few days now, and it has completely and totally failed to finish itself. I think I'll give it another day or two and see if there is any spontaneous knitting. I wouldn't want to give up on the experiment too soon. If we could make that work, it would be rather nifty. If that doesn't work out, I'm sure one or two [...]
Adumbrate
The revamped and rereleased pattern for Adumbrate is now up on ravelry. Pics first, but do read on, as I've got yarn to give away!These are another of my early patterns, and I was delighted to redo them. We all know I'm a sucker for fingerless mitts (seriously, I have a whole wardrobe of them, some to match all of my pajamas, and I wear them all winter long). These are quick and fun to knit (they're the ones that did the neat three-pronged thing when I was knitting them), and I am pretty sure most self respecting stashes have [...]
KCC3 Knit along, Fucus asparagoides projects
The knit along for the projects based on the Fucus asparagoides print is starting over on ravelry. That's this lovely curved shawl (I just love that shape far more than is reasonable, it's so easy to wear) and these super lacy socks.I am a huge believer in low-stress knit alongs, so this one is pretty laid back. Come, knit with us, chat, post pictures...I promise we're friendly! At the end of September, I'll find someone who has posted a picture of a finished project in the thread and send them happy mail. That's pretty much all there is to it. [...]
I remember this
Hey, that looks familiar. That looks rather like a sock. Do you have any idea how long it's been since I knit a sock? The last pair were Amenable and I finished them at the end of January. That's almost six months ago. That's not really cool at all. These are going smoothly (almost as if the sock gods were trying to tempt me back to their cause). I had one little 'wrong needles' incident where I had to rip out a false start, but even that didn't feel terribly traumatic. These actually seem to be going rather quickly. I [...]
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