HMS Cardboard
A box came in the mail yesterday. A box of lovely yarn from Jaala over at Knit Circus. The timing was perfect, as it was a cold, gray, rainy afternoon and The Boy was out of town and my sinuses were giving me fits and the dishwasher was broken and being an adult was feeling hard. So a box of smooshy colorful yarn was the perfect remedy. And very soon, I will be a good blogger and tell you all about the yarn (and maybe even send some of it home with a few lucky souls). But today? Today I [...]
Amenable
The pattern for Amenable, the lovely, versatile socks I've been playing with for the last few months, is now up on ravelry. First things first, some pictures. Because I'm easily entertained and like pretty pictures. Now maybe a bit of that useful information stuff. Just in case that would come in handy. These socks are written for four gauges (6, 7, 8, and 9 stitches per inch), which means you can use fingering, dk, or sport weight yarn (they're shown here in Caper Sock and Caper Aran by String Theory). They're written in eight sizes, which means you'll be able [...]
Upcoming
I think I have a plan. Well no, I totally have a plan, I always have a plan. It's more like I have a plan that is far enough along to do something bold like mention it publicly. Let's do a little run down, shall we? First up will be the alarmingly versatile socks. They pretty much just need a name and a final once over (having been modeled and tested by a bunch of very gracious folks who don't let on at all when they think I'm being crazy). The plan is to put these out next week. The [...]
Conjugate
Shall we conjugate the verb snow? How about weep? Regardless of what mid-April snows do for one's state of mind (or one's sinuses), they do at least provide encouragement for knitting. The first mitt of the re-knit version of Adumbrate is done. I'm awfully fond of them. The thumb is unreasonably tidy. Alas this picture doesn't quite show it off in its full glory (Millicent won't bend her thumb in to show it off, but she has a long history of being a troublemaker). I'll do my best to find a more cooperative model for the proper photos.
Angles
Here is the same mitt from last time, just with its tendency to go all three three-pronged reigned in a bit by a handy glove form. This has actually grown a bit since the picture was taken. The thumb gusset is finished (and oh my goodness is it tidy, I love how they work on these). I'll most likely have a finished one to show you early next week. Next week will also likely see some sort of housekeeping/schedule clarifying post. I've got scads and scads of things coming up over the next few months (including, you know, new book), [...]
Willful
Knitting is usually pretty accommodating. It will stretch and bend and drape and generally do what you ask if you ask nicely enough. But this? This really wants to be a slightly smushed trefoil, and you aren't going to convince it differently. And you can't really tell from that picture, but it's quite tall. I'm a fair ways in, and it shows no sign of giving up its claim on this shape. This is the re-knit for Adumbrate (in some of Dream in Color's Everlasting DK in a color I will look up later). I'm finding them terribly amusing and [...]
I do, and you should too
To everyone who says 'mine doesn't look like yours,' I have a confession. Mine doesn't look like mine either until it's blocked. Shall I show you? See how one of those is all lovely and flow-y and smooth with clearly defined stitches, distinct ribbing, and pretty flared edges? And see how one is a twisty, crumpled mess of disappointment with muddled lines and no flare to be seen? Yeah, the only difference is that the first one has been tossed in the sink for a bit of a soak, gently patted into shape, and left to dry. Total time expended, [...]
Interstices
Well, they're done, and the pattern's out! It's been a long road for these mitts. I first made them an alarmingly long time ago (they were one of the very first mitts I did). I knit them, loved them, wrote up the pattern, folks made them, all was well. Then, last year, I started to get an itch. An itch to completely re-do many of my favorite early patterns. I tried to ignore that itch for a very long time (it's a huge undertaking), but I could not. So I jumped in. I started with these. First, I knit another [...]
Supplied
What was that? You're concerned I don't have enough tea? I understand. I share your concern. That's why we have the back up tea storage in the drawer, and the bulk tea storage (for refilling these jars) in the pantry. I dearly dearly want to paint the inside of this cabinet bright yellow and paint the inside of the cabinet door with chalkboard paint for making grocery lists on (I actually really want to hire someone to come repaint the whole kitchen this summer, but I'm not sure if that will be feasible). I'm just concerned that the raw wood [...]
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