Have you ever seen something so perfect…
… that you just had to make it? I hate swatching. Hate it. But for this lovely, it is a necessity. I’m going to make these: Out of this amazing yarn from Karrie: I know! … Read more
stash
And since we’ve been packing, I can say:
I have a CRAPLOAD of yarn. That is all.
New haul of fancy string today.
To mitigate the growing stash, I picked out some yarn to send to Sarah today. Mostly lovely things I just don’t think I’ll ever use or remnants from socks I’ve made in the past. Because … Read more
Diets are overrated.
Take yarn diets for example… I get the concept, but I just can’t stick to them. Like at all. Got a shipment from Blue Moon today, from my feverish “OMG RAVEN” ordering last week. Absolutely … Read more
Two new yarn acquisitions this week.
First, a lovely lovely robin-egg blue skein of silk – a gift from Cyn carried over from the UK. The other I can’t show. I can’t describe or name. It’s the most recent Rockin’ Sock … Read more
Sock yarn and cobra basket down.
Just, uh, all the rest left. Pulling out all my yarn to document it makes me want to make a pile of it in the middle of the floor and just roll around in it. … Read more
I took my camera to Stitches West.
Honest. But I’m not in the habit of having it and they had this “photography is strictly forbidden” thing, so the only picture I took all day was this one of Karrie. I like the … Read more
I’m a bit post-happy at the moment.
I have these partially finished posts all going up at once. This is a completely new, fresh post, and it’s a stash update. Oh. My. $DEITY. I have so much freaking yarn. It’s pathetic. I … Read more
And I finished seaming my cardigan last night!
That’s right, the sweater project that was dragging on and on is now nearly compete — all it needs is buttons and some finishing around the buttonholes. It was a little lumpy on the seams … Read more
So much, yet not enough.
I have two pairs of socks on the needles — some grey/black pinstripe ones for Stevie and those grey/red/blue ones I started Tuesday night. I have a boatload of winter white Polar and at least … Read more
Promises, promises.
I’m actually going to keep this one. But first let me say an emphatic thank you to the non-prissy non-snobby knitting circle. Seriously. Most of the people in that sock class were great, but there … Read more