I spent a good part of the beginning of my holiday weekend knitting. I spent the other part of it tearing baseboards out of a house. One of these things has injured my left thumb, rendering it un-usable for knitting. […]
This month, I have a bright giveaway for you: It’s a skein of Madelinetosh Tosh Merino DK in the colorway Pop Rocks. It’s insanely bright! Madelinetosh merino dk is what I made my Raphaelite with: I love this stuff for […]
Okay, our winner for August is: Comment #28, Hallie! Congrats! Tomorrow, I’ll post the September giveaway, which should be exciting! Tune back in! -YX
There was a post on Ravelry awhile back about favorite yarn weight… That one’s easy, for me: DK. DK (Double Knit) yarn is between sport and worsted weights, and it’s thicker than sock (fingering) yarn. For reference, if I hold two […]
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 […]
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 […]
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), […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]