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Posted in knitting, work in progress on Mar 6th, 2008
Ok, the sweater and I are speaking again. I finished the seaming and did one cuff last night and it’s cute. It’s heavy and a bit bulky but it’s turning out good. So I didn’t make my goal of having it ready for today, but it’ll definitely be ready for tomorrow. [...]
Posted in knitting, work in progress on Mar 5th, 2008
So this sweater hates me. I really, really know deep down that with practice I am going to become a sweater making fiend, but I seriously have no idea what I have done wrong with this sweater. I did the buttonhole band and attached it last night, and then seamed in the sleeves. [...]
Posted in knitting, stash, work in progress on Mar 4th, 2008
So when I was shopping for gift yarn last week I saw this beautiful sock yarn on Etsy and decided to order it. I thought I’d make socks for my step mom or someone else (since socks might be the present de l’annee for xmas this year), but I got it yesterday and I [...]
Posted in crochet, finished object, gifts, knitting, ravelry, work in progress on Mar 3rd, 2008
First things first: the hat situation…So I talked with my sis on Friday and she told me that if I made something handwash it wasn’t a big deal. She also said she didn’t think something covering her ears would be practical. I’m still making the Earhart hat anyway though-to give her options. [...]
Posted in gifts, knitting, stash, work in progress on Feb 29th, 2008
So I realized yesterday while I was working that even though my stepmom has been battling cancer for almost 2 years I have not made her anything. WTF? I don’t really understand how I didn’t think of this before (ok last year with the wedding it makes sense, but when she first started [...]
Posted in knitting, ravelry, work in progress on Feb 27th, 2008
So I did indeed cast on that sock last week and after doing about 3 round on Tuesday I decided that DPNs suck ass. I went to HCW’s the next day and got some AddiTurbo’s and spend that next night casting on and ripping back until I had Magic Loop down. I
Posted in fever, knitting, ravelry, work in progress on Feb 19th, 2008
Ok, so I did the gauge swatch for my first socks last night and I “cast on” in Ravelry all in an attempt to force myself to get over my irrational sock fear. I need to block my swatch before I measure, but I think I actually did get pretty close to gauge (which [...]
Posted in knitting, work in progress on Feb 18th, 2008
So I made decent progress this weekend. I didn’t get a whole lot of knitting time, but I managed to seam the second row of squares on Ella’s blanket and seam the 1st and 2nd rows together. I also seamed 2 squares on the last row, but still need to block my final [...]
Posted in knitting, work in progress on Feb 15th, 2008
I am super psyched about my blanket for Ella today. I finished the 8th square and CO and got half way through the last one last night while listening to Stash and Burn. Dude, I so love this podcast thing.
Anyway, I also finished the second front piece for Ovaltine, so I just gotta [...]
Posted in fever, knitting, stash, work in progress on Feb 14th, 2008
Ok, so I looked and I feel a little less bad about having to repurchase the Ovaltine yarn. I realized after looking at my PayPal account today that I actually paid for more than half the new yarn with the $ I got from selling off some of my stash yarn. So that’s [...]