Which?
I've almost decided to make some colorwork Latvian mittens for the Ravelympics (i.e., a project that should be cast on during or after the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics, and finished by the...
View ArticleNot again.
So, I am finally nearing the end of my mauvey-pinky Cardigan for Arwen. And once again... I don't have quite enough yarn, I fear. What is it about this yarn and my choices for it??Now, really, it's...
View ArticleSo simple, so clever
OK, I think I have a new favorite thing to knit for kids.Could this be any cleverer? It's a ball made out of six (or you can do nine) plain knit bands, woven together in what's really a cube, but...
View ArticleAmerica's next top model
So, here we have my rather adorable new (well, relatively--she's 3.5 months old) niece M, modeling my latest knitting creation. Granted, at this point she needs some help with the sitting upright,...
View ArticleRight enough
Although most of my knitting over the past two weeks has been ravelympics inspired, and though I finished up another cool woven ball (which ravelers can see there), this one in grey, olive green, and...
View ArticleКрасная шапочка
Once upon a time in a kingdom far, far away, a young researcher headed into a castle of documents wearing a red beret as protection from the bitter cold.The castle (or, well, archive), of course, was...
View ArticleGiant post of finished objects, plus one question for the future
1. Laminaria (ravelry), knit in Malabrigo Lace (just over two skeins), on size 2 and 1 needles (Knitpicks Harmonies), started January 7, 2010, finished March 8, 2010: Now, this is a lovely shawl. The...
View ArticleEmbellished Squares, or Last gasp of winter
Well, that exaggerates a bit. But after a very, very warm stretch in late winter, it suddenly got colder quite quickly, and stayed a bit on the breezy side for a while. On the one hand, I was ready...
View ArticleSock and roll
So, here's the thing about me and sock knitting. I like knitting socks. I've got a lot of them, now. But sock knitting doesn't always like me.Why? I'm such a loose knitter. Seriously, I poke...
View ArticleI did not expect this
So, like, I know that I tend to buy yarn when visiting places, but I did not remotely expect to discover that I had acquired this much yarn over the past year.There is, here, yarn from Chicago, from...
View ArticleObligatory comment on how long it's been
There's been a lot going on in my non-knitting life over the past little bit (nothing bad, just transitions and limbo periods and negotiations) that have made me a) not inclined to post and b) not all...
View ArticleAnother month gone
OK, this time there's a reason. I bought an apartment, and have been deep in the throes of ремонт. I'm doing the painting myself, in part to save a little money, but more to take possession of the...
View ArticleCrash
When I saw this pattern in knitty a few... months (eek!) ago, I knew I wanted to make it. I've been vaguely looking at all sorts of knitted skirts, and wanting to try them, and... well, it seemed like...
View ArticleJust made it
Here's a sad attempt to make a post before yet another month goes by without one. I've thought of many a possible blog post over the last little while, but failed to make anything of those thought....
View ArticleWhoa.
I apparently got stumble uponed recently, because my stats show an insane number of visitors a couple of days ago--all to one pattern in particular. Even though I'm fairly sure that most people stop...
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