Wee Hat the First
The first of the wee hats is done. I'm now madly in love with this whole concept. But really, what's not to love. First, hats. Hats are more or less instant gratification. Second, worsted. Worsted weight yarn actually knits itself. You just have to nudge it gently and the finished thing falls off your needles. Third, Malabrigo. This one requires no explanation, just look at the color. Colors. I'm helpless in the face of such temptation. Fourth, stripes. Stripes are the (or at least this) lazy person's answer to colorwork. I swear you never ever ever touch more than one [...]
Unheard Of I Tell You
As predicted, 45 minutes of knitting brought about the end of the second sock. That's two whole socks...all the way down to the toes. I wouldn't make such a big deal of this, but these are the, um, second pair of socks I've managed to finish this year. Now that doesn't mean I haven't had socks on the mind (I've spent lots of quality time thinking about all the socks for KCC2), just that I haven't had many socks on the needles. I rather miss them. Especially when they come out like these! But, it seems my very next project [...]
Just Right
I'm more or less in love with this hat. It's ridiculously simple, unreasonably tall, and quite possibly the warmest hat in the history of yarn. I can't decide how I like it best...as shown there (with the top flopped over), with the brim folded up once and only a bit of pouf on the top, or with the brim folded up twice so it sits more firmly against the top of my head. Then there's the always amusing option of wearing it inside out. I may also have made a giant tassel to slip in to the top as the [...]
Rampant
Back in the early part of July, when I was up to my neck in a giant school project and starting to go a bit crazy around the edges, I cast on these socks. They helped me avoid chewing my fingernails off. A few days later, the neighbor's son rang the doorbell and handed us a sick kitten. The socks kept me from crying at the vet's office (Douglas is fine, I'm just a total softie about kittens). Then we went to the woods for a family event and off to Portland for Sock Summit and up to Buffalo for [...]
Uncharacteristically Productive
Finished things have just been falling off my needles. I blame the hats. They themselves are quick and easy, and they lead to mitts which are also quick and easy. The basket that usually holds the half dozen or so projects in various stages of completion currently holds a mere two works in progress and a stack of things awaiting a photo day. (Having a knitting site and selling patterns means that you don't just have to finish a knitted item before you can use it, you have to finish it and photograph it. This can be very taxing if [...]
It’s Quiet…Too Quiet
I finished the Greenhorn socks on Sunday. This, combined with my continuation of the knitting olympics finish-a-thon, means that I currently have no socks on the needles. None. Now sure I have a few single socks lingering in the back of the closet, but I have declared those 'showpiece socks,' socks I made to do the pattern rather than to do the socks themselves. That's somehow different. I'm good at justification, just let it go. So, what do I do in this oddly sockless state? Obviously, the book is one option. Much progress has already been made on the book. [...]
Caprice
Caprice is up! I know these have been a while in coming. I finished them way back in December (and have been happily wearing them in the months in between). I thought that, since there was snow in the pictures, I'd better hurry up and release them before all the snow in my yard finally melted. These started as an experiment to see what would happen if I switched stitch motifs whenever I got the least bit tired of the last one. I think it worked quite well, and definitely kept the knitting from getting boring. You'd think I'd be [...]
Olympic Glory?
So I sort of did it, but only sort of. The official goal was 'don't cast on any new projects.' The unofficial goal (which seemed to follow rather naturally from the official goal) was 'get lots of stuff done.' I totally met the first goal. Despite severe temptation (we went to a fiber festival right at the beginning of the Olympics--this was not a plan designed to foster restraint), I didn't cast on anything new. Alas, I also didn't get quite as much done as I had hoped. I did make some progress. I finished a pair of secret socks, [...]
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Well I didn't get eaten by (or even see) a coyote. I did, however, see an armadillo (dead), a donkey, a few sheep, horses, cows (all alive), and several goats (quite lively). No, we didn't go to a petting zoo, these were just all hanging out by the side of the road as we drove around. There were also a variety of spiny plants that would have been perfect for hanging socks on. Alas, my organizational skills were not up to par and I never managed to find picturesque plants when I had completed socks with me. Instead I found [...]
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