FO: Baby Tesla
I couldn’t blog at all about my most recent FO, but now that it has been properly gifted, I can show you: I have three lousy photos of the thing, because I didn’t have time to take real photos before […]
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One of the best knits
Imagine my horror the other night when I showed this to my husband: And he had no idea why I was so excited. Apparently, he never read Calvin and Hobbes as a child. It was my absolute favorite comic growing […]
Where WERE you?!
Okay, okay, I dropped the ball, and didn’t update for, like, EVER last week. But in my defense, I closed on a house, had a root canal, and had a pretty brutal fall (onto my heavy, solid, metal SEWING MACHINE), […]
Knitting in Public
Every week, I meet up with my knitting group. There are nine of us, and we vary in age, background, beliefs… pretty much any possible way you can differ. They’re some of my most favorite people to hang out with. […]
WIP: Jaina
I have gotten so much done on my Jaina, guys! Look! What’s that you say? You have no idea what that is? It’s not even discernible as a knitted object? You’re RIGHT! Man, this yarn is so freaking dark. It’s […]
What is a healthy stash?
There are tons of threads on Ravelry that allow posters to show off their yarn stashes. To the uninitiated, knitting is much like any hobby. Take origami, for instance: In order to make origami, you have to have paper. Paper […]
Trend: Chevrons
I love chevrons. There’s something about them that seems nautical and summery. Stripes of any nature make my hands get grabby, so (naturally) I’ve been queuing the hell out of anything that even closely resembles them. Have you ever noticed […]
And so it begins…
So remember all those discussions about what I was going to do with the black alpaca yarn? Well, despite the multiple options I’d looked at, when it finally came time to cast on for the project, I ended up with […]
August giveaway
Hello, giveaway fans! For the month of August, I’m doing something a little different– I’m using traditional ads on my blog, although right now it’s just a white box! It should populate in a few days. I’ll still be offering […]
July Winner
Excuse my insanity… I had an entire post written out today before I remembered it’s GIVEAWAY TIME! Woot! Out of 119 comments (a record! woot!), our winner is: Number 85! Congratulations to flutterbykk on Rav! I hope you enjoy the […]