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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I love knitting- this should come as no surprise. I find it to be relaxing, fun, and a great creative outlet. I also really love seeing knitted items in stores- even something as simple as a basic pullover with good […]
It’s done! I finished my En Pointe wrap sweater last night, and snuck off to take a few quick photos before bed. It’s sooooo comfortable. I love this yarn. Wow. I was really surprised to have so much yarn left […]
I have a few Facebook friends who admire the knitting projects I post there. They (and sometimes random strangers who see me knitting) often say they couldn’t possibly figure out how to do something as complex as make a whole […]
I’ve been working on a few things lately, but nothing “big” that has been fancy enough to post about. Like these socks. Remember them? Neither did I, until I started working on my other WIP, which is not an easily-traveling […]
There’s a shawl in my future… In the interest of full disclosure, it’s likely Rock Island, and it’s likely going to be done in Schaefer yarn’s Audrey base in this color. But I have a ton of queued/planned projects. I […]
During the re-graft shuffle I was doing on my Pinktada, I took a brief break to address the Araucania Liwen I had in my stash: Back in January, I wrote about this yarn and how I felt kind of sad […]