Off the Needles
Louche are done and up for testing over on ravelry. If you're itching to make them right this minute, come volunteer to help me beat the errors out of the pattern.
March Knit Along
The March Knit Along is up and running. If you'd like to knit one of these, head on over and join us. We've got prizes, you've got two months to finish, and we're not burdened with an overabundance of rules!
Book Giveaway
The marvelous Wendy Johnson (the mastermind behind Toe Up Socks for Every Body and Socks from the Toe Up) has a copy of Silk Road Socks to give away. Of course this makes me feel a fluttery in my tummy because Wendy is a real and proper designer (this apparently means 'designer I would be all nervous about meeting and whose books I've bought in actual stores'). But, because I love you all and want to take over your knitting needles, I'm stomping on my nerves and letting you know about the drawing. Head over and leave a comment if [...]
Truckle
I know, you've been waiting for these for awhile. You guys totally talked me in to doing them. They started out as my 'too sick to think' socks. I really didn't think you would be interested in them, but it seems you like them! Of course the super-simple to knit socks turned out to be unexpectedly challenging to write up. Once the cold medicine-induced brain fog lifted, I got it figured out. Lots of lovely folks helped me test them to be sure that the instructions were clear. Then, well, then I stuck them in my 'to be photographed' basket [...]
More Tools of the Trade
So the other day you met Alphonse. He's quite dapper, and makes a perfect house guest. Today I'm showing off some truly funky sock blockers. Now you know we've got some big feet in this house. I wear a ladies' size 11, and The Boy wears a men's size 13. These are big feet. I decline to feel bad about this, as the size of a person's feet is more or less out of their control. The only thing I felt bad about was the difficulty in vigorously blocking socks in these sizes. I had a pair of wire blockers [...]
Pleased to Meet You
Meet Alphonse. He's my new toy prop. He is a perfect example of the odd encounters that this knitting thing can lead to. I found him on an online antique store. I sent off a little email to the store asking what size his head was. Instead of just answering me, the shop wrote back asking why on earth that would matter. They went to great length to explain that this was a prop. It was meant for display. It was absolutely positively not for real hats. I (graciously I hope) explained that I wanted him to be a working [...]
Stormy
Ice storms make for lovely knitting weather. Noisy, but lovely. The second of the green swirly socks, henceforth to be known as Louche, is now underway. Even more important, the scribbling, calculating, and doodling required to write the pattern has been completed. I'll likely turn it from my chicken scratch into something someone else has a hope of reading and put it out for testers later this week. As a scheduling note, the pattern for Truckle is done and ready to go out, save only a picture. Of course getting a picture requires me, plus The Boy, plus daylight, plus [...]
Pesky Reality
I think most knitters reach a point where they start to think 'hmmm, wouldn't it be nice to have a small flock/herd/pack of sheep/goats/alpacas?' Of course if you're me, you then remember that a) you live on a tiny city lot in a town with an unreasonable penchant toward regulations, b) you haven't the slightest idea how to care for any animal more demanding than a cat (and a laid back cat at that), and c) you don't actually want to deal with the quantity of poop that such creatures doubtless produce. In other words, reality and all of its [...]
Now it Feels Real
I'm an old-fashioned girl. I like books. Real, honest-to-goodness, paper books. The heavy kind. The kind that sit on shelves. The kind that have a smell to them. I like being surrounded by them. They make me feel comfortable and settled and safe. I find houses without visible books a bit disconcerting. Given this, I wasn't all that surprised when the electronic release of the book didn't quite feel real. Don't get me wrong. It felt good to have it out in the world, and it's been great to see what people are doing with the patterns. And really, the [...]
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