Posted in knitting, tagged boh, cascade 220, garter yoke cardigan, handspun, knitting, sleeve, yoke on November 30, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Sleeve one is complete, and I’m really happy with the bracelet/longish three quarter length.
I’m also thrilled with the decision to go down a needle size for the sleeves. I’m realizing that I need to start thinking about buttons! Maybe once I finish the paper I’m writing (due this week).
Also:
Boh says hi. Time to pour the [...]
Posted in grad school, knitting, tagged 2-ply, boh, grad school, handspun, knitting, polwarth, seaman's cap, southern cross fibres on November 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I turned off the alarm last night so that Boh and I could sleep in — both a reward for some good progress on a paper I’m working on, and preparation for more writing today. (I tend to wake up with the sun whether I want to or not, but today I managed to sleep [...]
Posted in knitting, tagged cascade 220, fit, garter yoke cardigan, handspun, KAL, knitting, sleeves, sweater on November 24, 2009 | 11 Comments »
That’s the goal for my Garter Yoke Cardigan, and it looks like I might make it!
I’m leaning towards a bracelet sleeve length — longer than three quarter, but not so long that the cuff will get in the way of knitting and working. Also, there’s something about a slightly shorter sleeve on me that at [...]
Posted in CSA veggies, kitchen, knitting, tagged carrots, cascade 220, CSA, farm, garter yoke cardigan, handspun, KAL, knitting, soup, squash, tat soi on November 19, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I had to completely rearrange my fridge to get this bunch of tat soi inside. Isn’t it beautiful? I’ve been buried under a pile of grading this week (one more paper to grade before I head to campus), and while I do most of my reading on the couch and writing at my desk at [...]
Posted in knitting, tagged bracken, FO, jo sharp classic dk wool, knitting, vestvember on November 16, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Yesterday.
Today.
Buttoned, the vest is a little swingier (and looser) than I had imagined, but on the whole, I’m very happy with this.
I ended up using less than 5 balls of Jo Sharp Classic DK wool, which makes this an incredibly affordable project. (The yarn was a WEBS closeout.)
Bracken and I are off to campus!
Posted in from my front door, knitting, tagged bracken, disaster, jo sharp classic dk wool, knitting, outside, sunset, vestvember on November 13, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I did something totally stupid and avoidable yesterday while knitting on bracken and decompressing from a long and stressful day: I somehow managed to twist the vest around while picking up the ribbed button band/collar border. I noticed when I bound off.
I did not have the heart to take pictures, but I performed the equivalent [...]
Posted in knitting, tagged boh, bracken, jo sharp classic dk wool, knitting, vestvember on November 11, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Apologies for the terrible photos — I realized this morning that I could really use an extra arm to help hold up the vest AND take pictures. (Cleaning the mirror wouldn’t be a bad idea either.) In these pictures, the vest looks super short, but that’s because I happen to be wearing a long shirt [...]
Posted in knitting, tagged boh, bracken, jo sharp classic dk wool, knitting, vestvember on November 9, 2009 | 9 Comments »
This is what happens whenever I (a) put on socks or shoes or (b) put on another layer. It gets pretty cold in my apartment in the middle of the day, which means that I’m often adding layers without planning to go outside. Boh has developed a two-pronged strategy: (a) sit directly in front of [...]
Posted in grad school, knitting, reading, tagged boh, books, bracken, ceremony, dumplings, grad school, jo sharp classic dk wool, kitchen, knitting, reading, vestvember, whoa on November 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »
“The creosote and tar smell of the railroad tracks woke him from the dreaming. The cinders made hollow crunching noises under his boots. He had come a long way with them; but it was his own two feet that got him there.” — Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony (1976) (My version is Penguin, 2006, p. 236.)
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