Posted in kitchen, out of doors, spinning, tagged baking, boh, fall, finn, hello yarn fiber club, kitchen, leaves, outside, spinning, walking, winter storage, yellow on October 31, 2009 | 7 Comments »
It was a quiet Friday, spent trying to catch up with the week: lots of list-making and stock-taking, but also a longer walk to the reservoir with Boh to clear my head and stretch his (okay, our) legs.
It was a proper eve of Halloween — the sky was grey, the wind, howling, and the familiar [...]
Posted in grad school, knitting, tagged boh, grad school, knitting, lecture, local alpaca, plain and simple pullover on October 28, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Nope, no pigtails yet. And nope, I didn’t finish my plain and simple pullover, though I do have progress to share.
Yesterday was kind of a big deal for me because I gave my first-ever lecture. I’ve done a fair amount of talking in front of people before, and I generally don’t mind it once I [...]
Posted in knitting, tagged boh, hair, knitting, plain and simple pullover, radio, TAL on October 26, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Inches, that is. (Actually, more like a smidge under fifteen when laid perfectly flat, but hey, I’ll take it.) The pattern says to knit 16.5 inches for my size, but as I am a little anxious about running out of yarn (and short-waisted, and generally seem to knit my sweaters a tad too long), I’m [...]
Posted in knitting, tagged 100% rain, knitting, local alpaca, plain and simple pullover, test knitting on October 25, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I’m test-knitting this adorable short-sleeved pullover for veera, over at 100% rain. The stockinette portion is taking me forever, which makes me feel like a super slow, and thus, ineffective test-knitter. (I have actually found myself wondering if Boh is ripping out inches of knitting while I am asleep.)
The good news is that I’ve got [...]
Posted in knitting, tagged araucania nature wool chunky, cosy, cosymakes, FO, green, hat, knitting, super hero helmet hat on October 24, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Just over half a skein of Araucania Nature Wool later, I have a second super hero helmet hat. This hat is all about instant gratification, and the squoosh factor is incredible. I made the 68 st Medium this time, and it fits nicely without being too snug. (Again, good for all of this hair!)
Posted in knitting, tagged araucania nature wool chunky, cosy, cosymakes, garter st, hat, knitting, super hero helmet hat on October 23, 2009 | 5 Comments »
There’s nothing quite like garter stitch at the end of a long day. I had to cast on for another.
Posted in knitting, tagged AVFKW, cosy, cosymakes, FO, garter stitch, gauge, handspun, knitting, super hero helmet hat, the candle's nimble flame on October 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »
This is perhaps the squishiest, warmest hat I’ve ever made. (It may also be the biggest hat I’ve knit, but I’ll get to that.) I was so excited to discover that I won this pattern over at Cosy’s blog because I’ve been meaning to purchase this pattern, especially now that I have a pile of [...]
Posted in spinning, tagged 2-ply, boogie wonderland, FO, polwarth, southern cross fibres, spinning, worsted weight on October 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
220 yards of squishy 2-ply worsted weight yarn, from 4 oz. of Southern Cross Fibres polwarth in the Boogie Wonderland colorway. I’m low on natural light this morning, so the colors in these photos are a little bit off. The actual color of this skein is somewhere in between the olive and forest green in [...]
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