As I alluded a couple of days ago, there was a birthday in the household recently. Actually, there were two (kinda). I would have posted something up on the actual date, but things were a little out-of-the-ordinary around here. Last weekend we had a weather warning for heavy snowfall, so I had headed out to […]
Last week’s WIP Wednesday showed this single, solitary, cast-on that was barely recognizable as a toe. This week, I have a bit more to show. Yep. That’s a full sock and a half. Okay…a little more than a sock and a half. More like a sock and three quarters. That’s what an illness in the […]
Listen Here! Hooray, a podcast! Due to the upgrade in computer technologies around here, I tried recording in Garageband in my living room, rather than being stuck in the cold basement on the old PC. I think I could grow to like this… 🙂 On the Needles: February Lady Sweater: Still not seeing any action, […]
We did some cleaning this past weekend; put a bunch of stuff away. In the process, we unpacked a bunch of Christmas stuff that had been set aside to go through later. The little pink ornament on the mantel? That’s a wee gift from my niece, Georgia. She was visiting with her family this past […]
Yesterday was the start of the Skinflint Sock Club, and I cast on at lunch hour, as soon as I had time (my time before work was taken up with the administrative duties and playing with the ball winder & swift). By bed last night, I’d managed to get about three inches knit. No, that’s […]
So February has finally arrived, bringing us one month closer to Spring. It’s also the first month of Sock Club, in which I tell you what to knit, and you knit it (wow, that sounds bossy!). My choice for February? MIL’s Socks by Sue Grandfield. It’s a free pattern on Ravelry at this time, so […]
You’ll have to pardon the less-than-stellar lighting and angle on the picture, but it’s definite proof that I managed to finally get the January socks done. I stuck in a piece of waste yarn & ripped back the first sock so that I could re-knit the cuff, then did the same k2p2 cuff on the […]
Just as an addendum to the last post: That is all.
It’s an odd thing, the way the world twists. Yesterday morning I was trying to figure out when I would eke out the time to podcast. I was dreading the fact that I would be stuck in the basement, using a years-old computer that would require me to compensate for the fans blowing like crazy. […]
Everything is new at the beginning of the year…resolutions, intentions, diets, and yarn & fiber clubs. In rapid succession, I heard about at least 2 to 4 sock/yarn clubs starting back up, all with different “hooks” to encourage you to sign up ASAP. My knee-jerk reaction? “Who the heck can afford THAT?” The husbeast has […]