Posted in Finished Knitting on January 25, 2009 | 25 Comments »
I have always had cold hands. People comment on it all the time. I can’t help it–I am just cold blooded I guess. It is a good thing then that the first two knits of 2009 will help to make my fingers less chilled. You saw the first of these knits. Here is the second:
Bella’s [...]
Posted in Finished Knitting on January 18, 2009 | 44 Comments »
I am not getting married. Nor am I Norwegian. But folks, who really cares?
I LOVE me some Norwegian Wedding Gloves.
I tried on a sample glove at my old Salt Lake LYS over Thanksgiving and fell in love. When I found out it only took one skein of this super silky soft decadent yarn–well, there was [...]
Posted in Family Love, Finished Knitting on January 11, 2009 | 21 Comments »
Christmas day I decided to cast on for a quick project. I had brought with me some yarn that I had been wanting to use for a while and my Knit Picks options needles–so really I had a lot of options. After a little ravelry browsing, I decided upon the much knit Thorpe earflap hat. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 9, 2009 | 11 Comments »
I am not scared away by tiny needles. If I want to knit it bad enough, I will knit a sweater on size 1 or 2 needles. Sure.
My sister Kara sent me a link to a video that has forever altered my thoughts on this subject. I would wait for Kara to post about this [...]
Posted in Sewing on January 7, 2009 | 31 Comments »
Long time readers of my blog know, I am just a tad obsessed with tall lounge pants. I explain my frustration in detail here but in summary: I have really long legs, stores don’t make lounge/pj pants in tall sizes, and I hate wearing flood water pants even if no one sees me in them. [...]
Posted in Family Love, Finished Knitting on January 4, 2009 | 38 Comments »
For each of the past three years, I have picked a family member and knit them a sweater for Christmas. I find this to be much more satisfying than knitting loads of smaller projects for gifts. I get bored you see. And if the knits don’t interest me, I won’t finish. I have learned this. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 3, 2009 | 16 Comments »
Whew! Yeah, I know. It has been a while. December passed by quickly in a blur of work, feasting, crafting, family, and general festive-ness. It was great fun and I am sad to see the holidays come to a close.
I love New Years (not to be confused with New Year’s Eve which I find consistently [...]
