Lickety Split
So you know what I've discovered? Hats are wicked wicked fast. As in, cast on Friday night, cast off Saturday night fast. And it wasn't even like I spent all day Saturday knitting. The hat just sort of happened when I wasn't even looking. I could get used to that. I have a pair or two of socks that could benefit from that approach. And please don't worry. Socks are still first in my heart. I will not abandon them. This hat thing is just a phase...an enjoyable phase...but a phase none the less. I'm pretty sure that you can [...]
Here We Go Again
The hat thing seems to have stuck. Shortly after finishing my friend's hat, The Boy cut off all his hair. A day or two later he mentioned that his head was cold and that he could maybe just possibly see the wisdom of a hat. Within minutes yarn was located (we'd picked it out a long time ago when he was thinking of knitting his own hat), balls were wound, and the hat was begun. That winding part actually proved unexpectedly tricky. This is Nichole by Schaefer Yarn and Hand Paint Sock by Misti Alpaca. I don't have a lot [...]
I Will Save You
So I've mentioned before that we have two wee kittens. They're not actually so wee anymore (Barry here is closing in on 15 pounds) but we still insist on calling them kittens. Now I have long suspected that Barry is the most knitterly of the two fellows. He's the one playing with the spindle in that earlier post. He's also the one hopelessly smitten by his wool pet. But now I've had it confirmed. You see I have this giant sweater coat. It's like an over-sized cardigan. It's warm and soft, and I often throw it on over whatever I'm [...]
Well Alrighty Then
Ok. So apparently you guys like the purple socks. Rather a lot. I got comments here...and on ravelry...and in my email. I'm flattered! Also a bit puzzled, as they really are fairly simple little socks, but flattered. I've cast on the second sock and that helped me figure out how to describe what's going on. With luck, the pattern should be out next month. Just so we're clear, you do realize that the other side is totally plain right? I meant it when I said these were easy. Nothing but knit stitches over there.
Zombie Sock Revealed
These are absolute cake to knit. Easy as can be. Writing down just how to do them though... that's proving unexpectedly challenging. Somehow I don't think 'get really sick and then just do what seems easiest' will work as the first instruction. Neither will a picture of me pointing at a particular spot and a caption reading 'make that bit line up right.' Some day I'll learn to take better notes.
Far Too Much Fun
It was a photo-ish sort of weekend. Saturday we wandered over to a local stream to take sock pictures. You've seen a bit of that. Then on Sunday, we took pictures of the hat. Now as charming and helpful a model as The Boy is (he spent his Saturday cheerfully standing in a cold stream having his feet photographed after all), I couldn't quite see him sporting a fetching pastel periwinkle hat and mitts. I actually think the hat could work for guys if it was made in a guy-ish color (or at least a color that the guy wearing [...]
As Promised
I checked with Heather. She said it was ok. No really, she did. She said I could show you the socks. Secrecy be damned. Really. Here ya go. I think having a website is awesome just because you get to torment others. It makes me a bad person, but I'm comfortable with that. Everyone needs a hobby, right? How often, as a grown up, can your really dance around going 'I know a seeeeeeeecret' without someone smacking you. Having a website lets me do that while safely out of smacking range. I like it.
Super Quick Call for Testers
Yeah yeah, two posts in one day, but this one is just a quickie. A surprising number of folks have asked if I'm going to write up the pattern for the hat and mitts. I hadn't initially planned to. It is my first hat (not the first hat I designed folks, the first hat I knit), so I was a bit shy about making it public. But you guys have said all sorts of nice things, and I kind of love how it's come out, so I'm starting to think about it. To that end, I'm going to try and [...]
A Wee Bit Nippy
This weekend The Boy and I trooped off to take pictures of the socks for Heather's book. We needed a fairly specific look. Generally, I'm quite happy to just go out in the yard and wing it. Alas, that wouldn't really work for these. We needed water and rocks. Luckily, The Boy knew a spot. Also luckily, it was the warmest day we've had for weeks. Note that 'warmest' does not necessarily equal 'warm.' I checked. That water is cold. Luckily it's only about ankle deep, but ankle deep in freezing water (while wearing sandals, which seemed like a good [...]
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