Posted in Uncategorized on August 30, 2006 | No Comments »
I love surprise packages. How can you not? Especially when they are sent from a far off place and from a much beloved person. Tonight I received this from the Best. Mom. Ever:
11 skeins of 100% Bamboo Eden Madil in a pink/coral color. I love it. So soft and luxurious. Now [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 28, 2006 | No Comments »
You guys are the best do you know that? Thanks to all the blogland suggestions and help I figured out what to do about the question of shaping I had about my Anna socks. Knitting the first half using size 3’s and then switching to size 2’s for the rest worked perfectly. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 27, 2006 | No Comments »
I hesitated showing you this. Indeed, I am still a little weary. Just don’t judge me folks. Don’t judge.
So I went away to a cabin for a fun weekend with 6 amazing girlfriends. This is the second year we have gotten together like this, we plan activities, eat good food, and share stories [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 22, 2006 | No Comments »
So I started them.
The oh-so-elegant Anna socks from the new Rowan. Of course, my picture is ever so slightly less elegant.
Last week I picked up the book and yarn at a LYS I don’t often go to. They have a great selection of Rowan yarn so [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 18, 2006 | No Comments »
Here she is…
I had several concerns with this sweater the more I knit it. I was worried that the color would be too hard to wear and that I would have a hard time finding anything to wear with it. But I found this shirt in Kara’s closet [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 16, 2006 | No Comments »
I am a fan of reality shows. You know how they always have certain archetypes? Like the “cute one” and the “annoying one”…or is that boy bands? Either way, I think it is safe to say I when it comes to the Amazing Lace, I am the “one that got voted off on [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 8, 2006 | No Comments »
While road tripping with my family, my Dad often used the term relentless to describe my knitting. Code for obsessive I guess. I was knitting all the time. I wouldn’t let up while in the car. I just loved all that free knitting time and didn’t want to waste it. But it is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 4, 2006 | No Comments »
So in case you read about my yarn crisis for Glee, I thought I would share the happy news. I just got off the phone with Grace at Larkspur Funny Farm and she was able to wrangle up 4 more skeins of my yarn!!! Four more–the exact amount I need. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 2, 2006 | No Comments »
Last week I started a new project. It is a project I am very excited about and am hoping will be quick-ish and a fun stylish sweater for early fall. As soon as I saw Glee on Rachel’s blog I knew I had to knit it. I bought the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 1, 2006 | No Comments »
The cuteness doesn’t stop there…
She asked me to take a photo of her knitting for her website. (She doesn’t have a website.)
When I asked her about the non-existent website she said she would have one soon and that it would be called “Knitting Tree”…yes, my 6 year old niece already has [...]
