Posted in knitting, tagged blocking, KAL, knitting, socks, socks from the toe up, stripes, whisper, yarn, yarn pirate on June 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
That’s right, folks. I broke out my “scale” yesterday.
I needed to divide some gorgeous yarn pirate superwash bfl in the cupcake colorway into 2 balls in anticipation of today’s events; namely, the arrival of Socks From the Toe Up by Wendy Johnson. I learned of a massive KAL beginning this month and working, month by [...]
Posted in kitchen, knitting, tagged 28thirty, baking, blocking, kitchen, knitpicks shadow, knitting, peace fleece, scones, whisper on April 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Self-explanatory, no?
Heidi’s maple syrup scone recipe was super easy, and incredibly delicious. I even called my mom to tell her about it. Maple syrup is a big thing around here, so I can get jars full of different grades of local syrup at the co-op. This recipe perfectly highlighted that hard-to-describe but oh-so-good maple syrup [...]
Posted in knitting, tagged 2009, 28thirty, blocking, FO, knitting, madelinetosh, socks, toe up socks on April 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Lots of knitting and posting this week, folks! (Me? Hiding? Procrastinating? Never.) First up, 28thirty, gloriously blocking on the kitchen table:
I won three or four lots of buttons yesterday on ebay, and I can’t wait to play around with color combinations. Right now, I’m thinking big red buttons, but we’ll see…
For some reason, the catharsis [...]
Posted in kitchen, knitting, tagged applesauce bread, blocking, brownies, knitting, mission falls 1824 cotton, ribbed baby sweater, smashed chickpea salad, smitten kitchen on February 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The keyword there is “feeling,” folks. Yesterday was such a day: only a few hours of academic work was completed, but I managed to go grocery shopping, make all sorts of deliciousness in the kitchen, teach someone to knit, and attend reading group.
Smashed chickpea salad, adapted from Smitten Kitchen. (Shocking, I know.) My version lacked [...]
Posted in knitting, tagged blocking, boh, carnage, destruction, i want candy, knitting, sunday market shawl, yarn pirate on April 25, 2008 | 8 Comments »
This guy:
Saw this, a bee-yoo-ti-ful Sunday Market Shawl, blocking:
and, in the middle of the night, decided to do something like this:
A few more pictures of the carnage:
I stayed up REALLY late trying to finish this for a dear friend’s birthday — unraveling the dropped stitches took forever. This is beyond repair — or at least [...]
Posted in knitting, tagged baby bib o'love, blocking, embroidery, ice cream, pinwheel on April 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I was tired yesterday — too tired to really focus on most of what I am working on — so instead, I did some knit-tidying. You know what I mean. One of the bibs I finished a few weeks ago still needed…something.
I added a deep teal flower to match the button.
Then, I wove in the [...]
Posted in knitting, tagged araucania nature wool chunky, blocking, bolero, debbie bliss, knitting on February 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Inspired by Mick at Much Adored — and by the arrival of a much needed weekend, I knit the last 5 rows (I know, I know, ridiculous that I left so little to complete) of the second sleeve of my Debbie Bliss Bolero Jacket, and began blocking.
The sleeves are looking a bit big to me [...]
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