Pesky Real Life
You know what I've learned...it's damn near impossible to take a good picture of one's closet. At least my closet. Possibly you can take good pictures of your closet. Your closet is likely painted, maybe with some sort of decorative painting technique (but a pretty one, not one of the scary 80s ones). You probably have an area rug and a picture hung on the wall and some sort of charming lamp. Possibly even some sort of lovely tiny chair to sit on while pondering your perfectly-coordinated wardrobe. I? I have an old closet. My house was built in 1920 [...]
Awfully Nifty
So I think I've explained before that my knitting isn't actually anything all that special. Now to be fair, I'm a perfectly competent knitter. More importantly, I'm good at looking stuff up if I don't know how to do it. But I'm not one of those people who turn out miles and miles of beautifully even knitting. And really, I'm ok with that. I've been knitting socks for less than four years (and my pre-sock knitting was limited to two weeks where I learned how and two weeks where I made a few terrible scarves with a several year break [...]
Book Yarn, Part IX
I know. Trust me, I know. That's an awful lot of pink. There are even pink blotches in the background (that would be my rose bush, the most neglected and most prolific rose bush you've ever seen...and no it's not blooming now, I took all of these pictures one evening in June and have just been posting them as I go along ever since). I don't normally do pink. But for these two, I'll make an exception. On the left is Hazel Knits DK Lively in the color Cotton Candy. It's a 90/10 merino nylon blend and it is magical. [...]
Seriously…the Kitten?
Somewhat to my surprise, I've gotten a few messages asking about Douglas. Now I'm torn. One the one hand, I'm flattered that y'all care about my wee stray kitten. On the other hand, I'm hesitant to over-kitten the place. This is supposed to be a knitting site, not a kitten site. But, in the interest of keeping the peace around here, here's one more shot of wee Douglas. He's all settled in and growing like a weed (he now weighs three times what he did when we got him). He has impeccable manners and is very very friendly. I promise [...]
Ready to Absorb the Knowledge
I had the very best of intentions. Really I did. I had amassed all the needed materials. I had my books and pens and pencils. I had the much revered post it note flags and the handy notebook. I even had a bracing cup of hot, fresh tea. I was all set up at the dining room table so I couldn't drift off to sleep in an overly-comfy chair. I was ready to go. But you see, I also had a Levon, and he had rather different ideas for my afternoon. He made it quite clear that he was much [...]
Fiendish
The bead thing seems to be working out. Or rather, I seem to be able to apply beads to loops of string in a more or less consistent manner. And, working on the idea that something done consistently tends to eventually look intentional and maybe even appealing, I'm getting a pleasantly orderly result. I know it looks a bit scruffy now. I promise it will look better later. I've still got to figure out if it's going to be a bracelet or a necklace, and there's a fair bit of fiddling with it yet to be done, but I'm liking [...]
Unreasonably Tidy
So I may have mentioned that I have a small tendency to be obsessively obnoxiously a tiny bit organized. I really can't help it. If I don't keep things tidy I end up sitting in the corner rocking slowly back and forth and muttering about label makers and alphabetizing and filing systems. It's better to just let me set things up however I want. If you're not also wired this way, you won't be able to understand my glee when I stumbled upon these little plastic containers in the dollar section of Target. I bought them all. I'm going back [...]
Helpful…or Overkill
Alright folks, polling the collective again. Say you were looking at a knitting pattern (so out of character I know), would you rather see: Shown in: So-Soft DK by Handwerks in the color Lemongrass, size medium. Or do you prefer the rather wordier: Shown in: So-Soft DK by Handwerks in the color Lemongrass. Shown in size medium, which used about 130 yards. One (230 yard) skein will likely make any of the listed sizes if the mitt doesn't reach beyond the forearm. This is for patterns for the book (ie not a stand alone downloadable pattern) if that matters.
Siren Song
So I've been led astray. The siren song and subtle sparkle of some wee glass baubles have sidetracked me. While we were out in Oregon and Washington we saw lots of glass fishing floats. Not on the beach (because you know I would have snatched those up half a heartbeat), but in stores. I'm hesitant to buy them in stores. They're pretty and all, but the ones in the stores somehow don't have the same sort of backstory as one you found on the beach would have. I will just have to keep looking and hope I find one some [...]
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