Strike a Pose
On our way home on Sunday, we stopped by Bully Hill, one of our favorite wineries. We've been going to Bully Hill for years...a fairly alarming number of years now that I think of it. We first went many moons ago when we were starry-eyed, fresh-faced college kids on our first trip together. It was good then, and it's still good now. In addition to picking up a bottle or two of wine, we also found a spot to take some sock pictures. Now this area of New York is full of Grand Sweeping Vistas. I, alas, do not seem [...]
Guard Kitten
It seems it's more or less mandatory for knitters to have kittens. Or if not mandatory, at least strongly encouraged. I don't know if the knitting makes us more likely to like kittens (both require a certain tolerance for lint/fluff on your favorite black pants) or if the kittens make us more likely to like knitting (both require a certain tolerance for frustration). Either way, I have the requisite two kittens. Now it's usually Barry who makes an appearance here. He's the woolier of the two kittens. Or so I thought. It turns out that maybe Levon has a wooly [...]
Jaunt
The timing wasn't quite all that we could have asked for (knitty release, work, school, pesky real life so gets in the way), but we went anyways. One of our favorite bands, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, was playing in Buffalo. It was part of Deco-Fest, a fundraiser to help restore the 1920s train terminal. The building was abandoned for decades and is in a rather picturesque state of disrepair. It's the kind of place that made me wish I'd packed stout boots, heavy gloves, and a bright flashlight. Perhaps a screwdriver, a crowbar and a complete disregard for the property rights [...]
Inlay Knitalong
To celebrate Inlay, I'm having a little bit of a knitalong. I'm doing it over in the Silk Road Socks group. I realized I wanted to make these socks when I was doing the research for that book. I saw all the gorgeous floors peeking out from under the rugs and filed away the idea of doing a pattern based on the fancy tile work. Inlay was the result. So I'm totally declaring it ok to host the knitalong in the same place. Now, if you're the sort who wants to make exactly the sock in the picture, I can [...]
Inlay
I really don't like waiting. I'm bad at it. It makes me a tiny bit crazy (hey, maybe if I reload this page over and over and over the update will happen faster...hasn't worked yet, but I should still try because you never know when it might work). I'm an absolute delight on long car trips. But now the waiting is over. The socks that I started back when it was snowy, finished in March, and photographed in April...the socks that I thought were coming out on Monday...can now be shared. I'm pleased to present Inlay. And yes, I am [...]
Unapologetically Fluffy
This is, without doubt, the softest, fluffiest, most luxuriant bit of knitting confectionery I have ever had the pleasure to lay hands on. I can in no way convey how marvelous it is. My picture does not do it justice. I've picked it up and petted it a dozen times in the last two days (the cats are getting jealous). Discretion would suggest I don't show it to you just yet, but I am unable to restrain myself. Now, in the interest of self control and restraint, I must tuck it away in the big plastic box of externally imposed [...]
Yarn Store Recommendations
So...anyone out there have any thoughts on yarn stores that should not be missed in New York? I'm going to be in Buffalo and Corning in the next little while, and would love to know of any great stores in the area. I'm trying to be a clever kid and ask a bit before I go, as opposed to the morning I head out. Doing it that way more or less guarantees I won't have internet access and will miss all the helpful suggestions. I have a feeling this approach is much better!
Book Yarn, Part IV
Ok, that's it. I've decided the universe is conspiring against me in an attempt to teach me patience. I'm going to take another approach. There is no big shiny thing I'm waiting to tell you. That was all in my head. I was having a hallucination. Really, carry on, nothing to see here. I shall just push ahead with my other planned blather. And if the big shiny thing happens to come along later...well, then I'll let you know about it then. In the meantime, more yarn. On the left is Saffron Dyeworks in Mica in the color Botanical. It's [...]
Book Yarn, Part III
Alrighty, the plan had been to put up an entirely different post today. But that can't happen until something else happens, so I must continue to wait. I promise it doesn't come easily. But I've been managing to get up a post every day, and I don't want to break my streak (momentum baby, it's all about momentum). So I'm sneaking in with more book yarn. And look two whole yarns and neither one is purple. Who knew? I will confess I do have a soft spot for purple. Blue...well blue I can take or leave. But purple I like. [...]
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