Swap!

I posted this in a LiveJournal community, but I thought I’d put it out in the blog-world, too.

Seven skeins of Lion-Brand Cotton-Ease in ‘Pistachio.’ Three of the skeins have labels – three have been knit from and reballed. All same dye-lot. I checked.
Two skeins of Lion-Brand Wool-Ease Thick and Quick in ‘Fisherman.’ [...]

Phoebe

I had this hosted on my old blog, so I might as well move it over here, too.
This was my attempt at a Knitty submission a few years back. It’s not brain surgery, but sometimes you need a little push to do something different with your knitting. Like.. leave off the entire top [...]

Not destined to knit socks?

This morning, exasperated by a full day of knitting and ripping, trying to start something resembling a sock, I pulled a new skein of sock yarn out of my stash and decided to start a new sock. I took a skein of KnitPick’s Simply Stripes yarn that I got through a swap last year, [...]

Lace on blunt needles?

Never a good idea.

Isn’t twisted rib pretty?
I decided to go for Pomatomus [lace socks from Winter 05 Knitty]. I got through the twisted rib (hard! mostly because it looks sort of icky for a few rows), and got into the lace. And my Crystal Palace DPNs were just not made for this. I [...]

Lose something?

I couldn’t find my iPod cozy this morning. Instead of looking for it very hard, I made a new one while I was at work today. It’s in some Artfiber’s silk/merino blend I got two summers ago from the Snob Stash Redistribution Project. I added in a braided cable for a bit [...]