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Monday, January 31, 2005

Sweater Hunting

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Yesterday, the kids and I went hunting for sweaters to rip apart into yarn. Value Village was too expensive (no surprise there!), but we did...
Sunday, January 30, 2005

Voodoo!

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Fluffy scarf yarn usually doesn't appeal to me, but this stuff is fun. It's also $5.99 for a 33 yard skein, which I didn't reali...
Saturday, January 29, 2005

X's & O's

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I've spent three evenings knitting on Besotted, and the more progress I make, the happier I am with the way it's turning out. It...
Monday, January 24, 2005

Besotted!

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I didn't get the sleeve sewn to Quinn's cute little sweater tonight. Instead, I cast on for Besotted and knit two whole pattern rep...
Sunday, January 23, 2005

Still Not Much Knitting

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Quinn's blue sweater will be done as soon as I sew the last sleeve into place, but that's still about the only knitting I've man...
Monday, January 17, 2005

Why can't I knit?

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I've got yarn, patterns, projects I'm excited about that are already in progress and more projects I'm excited about that could ...
Thursday, December 30, 2004

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Hats? How did I wind up knitting twelve hats this year? I guess it makes sense, since most are for the baby, but that's still a lot ...
Wednesday, December 29, 2004

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When I read a post last year from a knitter who planned to rip out ever project that she hadn't finished by the end of the year, I was h...
Wednesday, December 22, 2004

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Today, I'm mourning a Christmas present that could have been. I wasn't going to knit anything for my sister this year. Well, I was g...
Friday, December 10, 2004

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I'm not done! I've been reading the year end inventory posts on the knitlist, and all I can think is that the year isn't ove...
Tuesday, December 07, 2004

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I was so close to having a wonderful new project to start. There are lots of things in the new issue of Knitty that I'm drooling over...
Friday, December 03, 2004

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I've been in one of those "I want new yarn to play with" moods. It's not that I need the yarn...having new goodies is just...
Wednesday, December 01, 2004

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I need a knitted clock. I finally got my hands on a copy of Knit 1, and now I want a knitted clock to hang here in my little alcove. It...
Monday, November 29, 2004

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Never did make it to the LYS... The morning after my last entry, I woke up with contractions and headed for the birthing center. After a...
Sunday, October 10, 2004

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I've done it again -- finished just about everything on my needles. All that's left is the narrow top piece of the cabled baby hat, ...
Monday, October 04, 2004

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I love stitch markers! After placing them between every repeat on the Petal Baby Hat, I finished it without any more trouble at all. And gav...
Sunday, September 26, 2004

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I've now cast on for the petal baby hat FOUR times. The first time, I got twelve rows done before realizing that I'd made big mista...
Wednesday, August 18, 2004

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The problem with knitting for the kids is that I tend to want them tucked in bed before my late night knitting time starts. So there I am at...
Friday, August 13, 2004

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My stitching confession? Not that I leave messy backs or tie knots or don't worry much about whether or not every last little bit of ...
Tuesday, July 27, 2004

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I keep wondering about these mythical people who don't knit during the summer.  The owner of the LYS down the street talks about them ev...