Posted in kitchen, knitting, spinning, tagged birthday, biscuits, Bolero Jacket, BSJ, honey lemon cake, kitchen, knitting, lemon tart, moroccan stew, ribbed baby jacket, smitten kitchen, spinning on February 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have a whole slew of unrelated (or maybe loosely connected) photos: knits in action, kitchen adventures, knitting mistakes… Hmmm. I promise NOT to name this post something about the letter K.
Friday:
Bolero Jacket in action. I feel like I read a lot from folks about how sometimes knitting is not super wearable, and my blog [...]
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Brrr! It’s cold outside! (And inside, in my apartment, often mid-day, when the heat takes a break.) That means it is time to bundle up and take Boh out for a stroll. Nothing much to report over here — today was an uber-productive day. My long paper is half written, I have a better sense [...]
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Posted in from my front door, knitting, tagged 2008, araucania nature wool chunky, boh, Bolero Jacket, debbie bliss, FO, mountains, seaming, snow, sweater on February 24, 2008 | 6 Comments »
but I am wearing a sweater!
(Boy, that mirror is dirty.) I can justify the sweater, though. Take a look at the mountains:
See? There’s snow up there! Also, I think there is some kind of rule that you have to wear your first sweater the second it is done. (Okay, not true. This isn’t exactly the [...]
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Thank you for all of the happy thoughts on my grad school news — it has been hard not to write about all the waiting over these last several months. I am so excited — and trying to transfer this energy into my UFOs — I cannot wait to actually have some of the sweaters [...]
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Thanksgiving may be my favorite holiday, and though I will not be heading East to spend it with my family, this year will be no exception. I am heading to a magical place (in fact, the place pictured in my blog header). There, we have ice cream in our coffee at breakfast, sit by the [...]
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On Friday, my box of yarn from WEBS arrived. Full disclosure will come, all in good time. I am sleepy, even though my clock says it is not yet 10 PM, this rooster’s body says it is 11. A few pictures of the weekend, then.
Yesterday, I was here. The leaves have fallen from the [...]
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Remember how I told you that I did some serious internet yarn purchasing last week? It has begun to arrive. I am very excited about making the Bolero Jacket, which is on the cover of the Debbie Bliss pattern book, “Simply Soft”. I’ve been looking for a cozy shrug/sweater/cardigan pattern, and this one over at [...]
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