Posted in Knitting on November 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Remember my knitting hubris that I had to correct? I did finally finish the vest and the boy has worn it happily since. I suppose his eagerness to wear the handmade love has made all the angst worth it.
Fall Spices Vest
Pattern: Pembroke by Kirsten Kapur
Yarn: Sirdar Denim Tweed DK (it was a door [...]
Posted in Knitting on September 29, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I take my knitting everywhere and not just my plain stockinette stitch projects–cables, lace, projects on DPNs. . . you get the picture. One of the projects I’m currently working on is Pembroke by Kirsten Kapur for L3. Cable goodness for my boy, I thought it would be appropriate to work on it during his [...]
Posted in Contemplation, Garden, Knitting, Outdoors on August 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Earlier in the week I reflected upon a date several weeks past. I’ve been thinking about what I’ve been up to this week, as the last precious days of summer vacation trickle on past. The answer is typical: knitting and gardening/yard work. We did have a seasonal diversion as well this past week and I’ll [...]
Posted in Knitting on August 9, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I finished these during our vacation and my girl and I took to the beach so that L1 could get some shots of us together in them. Though I think hers are far cuter than mine, I’m not sorry I made them.
Stats (for the interested):
Pattern: Unmentionables by Lee Wood Juvan
Yarn: Cotton Fleece in Nymph, 4 [...]
Posted in Crafts, Knitting on July 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m currently working on this knitting project and I want it to be done:
It’s not that I don’t like the project, it’s just there are other things I’d like to be working on instead. But I am determined to have them done for our upcoming family vacation. And so I plod along on [...]
Posted in Contemplation, Family and friends, Knitting on July 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
My baby turned 8 on Sunday. What can I say about this past year? Like every year of parenting, it was a roller coaster. The intense emotions of parenthood are sometimes beyond words. But this is about my boy, not me . . . a short list of things that [...]
Posted in Knitting on June 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Or sleeves–whatever you want to call them. I have two projects with sleeves in progress, one which I just finished one sleeve and still have one to go, and a fourth (not pictured) which has yet to have the sleeves begun because I’m still working on its body. (Don’t dare suggest that I just stick [...]
Posted in Knitting on June 11, 2009 | 12 Comments »
At last my Cup O’ Green is finished and photographed! The final product is incredibly comfortable and I love the yarn. First, some photographs for you, then the stats for those interested.
Stats:
Pattern: Buttercup by Heidi Kirrmaier
Yarn: Hempathy, color Vivid Green (017)
Needles: US 4s and US3s
I did make some modifications which can be read [...]
Posted in Family and friends, Knitting, Life chatter on April 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday while trying to get back into the swing of things after a long weekend I broke out some yarn, needles, and my laptop so that I could be a copy cat.
We spent the weekend in Ohio with my cousin and while out walking Sunday morning she was wearing this. Maybe it was her long [...]
Posted in Knitting on April 2, 2009 | 5 Comments »
At long last, they’re finished:
I am so in love with them on her.
Stats for the interested:
Pattern: Emma’s Unmentionables by Lee Wood Juvan
Yarn: Knit Picks Comfy in Honeydew, 4 skeins plus the very beginning of the 5th to finish off two lace repeats on the second leg.
Needles: US 5s
This project took far too long for me [...]
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