I have been married for a little over 25 years. That I’ve done anything for twenty five years (!) makes me shake my head in disbelief, but this has definitely been worth it. My husband is simply a decent and fine person and I consider myself blessed to have him as my best friend and [...]
So I started a cardigan for myself - “Sandy Cardigan” from Big Girl Knits (because, you know, I’m a big girl now). Anyway…I’m using my accidental purchase from eBay - Noro Kureyon, which I’m loving working with. However….I’m having a problem with gauge, or I think I am. The cardigan works up with four panels [...]
I’m playing hooky today (at my mother’s urging no less!) and heading to the US for a day of yarn store finding and gambling. She tells me there’s a new shop in Lynden….I think she’s just saying that to get me to the casino.
I’ll report my findings (and losses…and purchases?) later.
I drove over to Chilliwack today to the first meeting of the Upper Fraser Valley Knitting Club (that name is subject to change). Marlene has done a lot of work organizing the group and it was fun to be in a room with a lot of other knitters. I may have been the only one [...]
The greater share of my yarn stash has come from other sources. it is a combination of my own, plus my mother’s, my grandmother’s and my mother-in-laws. By some standards, it’s not even a lot. And a lot of it is bargain store acrylics — but most of it is quite nice, and certainly it’s [...]
Well, lookie here…knitting content!
I’m somewhat exasperated with my daughters (both adults). They complain that I never knit them anything, so I knit them something (shrugs) and they nearly whiplashed themselves turning up their noses. So I decided fine..no knitting for you! Which lasted a little while and then I decided to give it another go. [...]
I knit this little turtleneck back in the fall, and then let it sit for months with only two small seams left undone.
But….I finally got it done and sent off to my granddaughter, Lisa, for her 6th birthday last month. Did I mention I like to [...]
Almost exactly a year ago today, I issued my “Delurker Challenge”. I was pleased to have more than several commenters leave me challenges for the coming year. And now, a full twelve months later, I present the final completed item.
Carol asked that I knit a pair of [...]
Lavender asked that I knit a red hat for a local women’s shelter. Okay, it’s not completely red, but here it is!:
I found the pattern on Ravelry, and you can get a copy from pixiefarts here. (I can’t tell you how much I wish my site was [...]
So here is the previously unseen Wavy scarf. I started this around June, 2006 and then let it languish at the half finished mark for about a year. I was looking for a project to take to work and leave there for coffee time knitting, and this [...]
